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having reached its end, finished, mature, complete, perfect
G5046 G5046 = G5046 τέλειος teleios G:A perfect τέλειος, -α, -ον (τέλος), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלֵם, תָּמִים and cogn. forms ;] having reached its end, finished, mature, complete, perfect;
1. of persons, primarily of physical development, (a) full-grown, mature: Hbr 5:14; ethically: Flp 3:15; opposite to νήπιος (-άζειν), 1Kor 2:6 14:20, Ef 4:13; τ. καὶ πεπληροφορημένοι, Kol 4:12; τ. ἐν Χριστῷ, Kol 1:28; (b) complete, perfect (expressing the simple idea of complete goodness, without reference either to maturity or to the philosophical idea of a τέλος; see Hort on Jk 1:4): Mt 5:48 19:21, Jk 1:4 3:2; of God, Mt 5:48.
2. Of things, complete, perfect: Rz 12:2; ἔργον, Jk 1:4; νόμος, Jk 1:25; δώρημα, Jk 1:17; ἀγάπη, 1Jn 4:18; τὸ τ., 1Kor 13:10; compar., τελειοτέρα (σκηνή), Hbr 9:11. (There is probably no reference in St. Paul's usage to the use of this term in the ancient mysteries; cf. ICC on Kol 1:28; but see also Lft., in l, and Notes, 173 f.) † SYN.: zob.: ὁλόκληρος (and cf. Rendall, He., 158 ff.) (AS)
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full-grown, mature
G5046 G5046 = G5046 τέλειος teleios G:A perfect τέλειος, -α, -ον (τέλος), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלֵם, תָּמִים and cogn. forms ;] having reached its end, finished, mature, complete, perfect;
1. of persons, primarily of physical development, (a) full-grown, mature: Hbr 5:14; ethically: Flp 3:15; opposite to νήπιος (-άζειν), 1Kor 2:6 14:20, Ef 4:13; τ. καὶ πεπληροφορημένοι, Kol 4:12; τ. ἐν Χριστῷ, Kol 1:28; (b) complete, perfect (expressing the simple idea of complete goodness, without reference either to maturity or to the philosophical idea of a τέλος; see Hort on Jk 1:4): Mt 5:48 19:21, Jk 1:4 3:2; of God, Mt 5:48.
2. Of things, complete, perfect: Rz 12:2; ἔργον, Jk 1:4; νόμος, Jk 1:25; δώρημα, Jk 1:17; ἀγάπη, 1Jn 4:18; τὸ τ., 1Kor 13:10; compar., τελειοτέρα (σκηνή), Hbr 9:11. (There is probably no reference in St. Paul's usage to the use of this term in the ancient mysteries; cf. ICC on Kol 1:28; but see also Lft., in l, and Notes, 173 f.) † SYN.: zob.: ὁλόκληρος (and cf. Rendall, He., 158 ff.) (AS)
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Of things, complete, perfect
G5046 G5046 = G5046 τέλειος teleios G:A perfect τέλειος, -α, -ον (τέλος), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלֵם, תָּמִים and cogn. forms ;] having reached its end, finished, mature, complete, perfect;
1. of persons, primarily of physical development, (a) full-grown, mature: Hbr 5:14; ethically: Flp 3:15; opposite to νήπιος (-άζειν), 1Kor 2:6 14:20, Ef 4:13; τ. καὶ πεπληροφορημένοι, Kol 4:12; τ. ἐν Χριστῷ, Kol 1:28; (b) complete, perfect (expressing the simple idea of complete goodness, without reference either to maturity or to the philosophical idea of a τέλος; see Hort on Jk 1:4): Mt 5:48 19:21, Jk 1:4 3:2; of God, Mt 5:48.
2. Of things, complete, perfect: Rz 12:2; ἔργον, Jk 1:4; νόμος, Jk 1:25; δώρημα, Jk 1:17; ἀγάπη, 1Jn 4:18; τὸ τ., 1Kor 13:10; compar., τελειοτέρα (σκηνή), Hbr 9:11. (There is probably no reference in St. Paul's usage to the use of this term in the ancient mysteries; cf. ICC on Kol 1:28; but see also Lft., in l, and Notes, 173 f.) † SYN.: zob.: ὁλόκληρος (and cf. Rendall, He., 158 ff.) (AS)