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MainId: 004945000000000
Version: 0
HasAramaic: False
InLXX: True
AlphaPos: τ
StrongCodes: G5046
BaseForms:
BaseFormID: 004945001000000
PartsOfSpeech: adjc.
Inflections:
Lemma: τέλειος
BaseFormIndex: 1
Realizations: -α, -ον
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'τελέω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
LEXID: 004945001001000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
LEXEntryCode: 88.36
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior
LEXSubDomains: Perfect, Perfection
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-04-01 12:21:04
DefinitionShort: pertaining to being perfect in the sense of not lacking any moral quality
Glosses: perfect
Comments: Compare the meaning of τέλειος[e] mature in {D:88.100}.
LEXReferences: MAT 5:48, MAT 5:48, MAT 19:21, ROM 12:2, YAC 1:4, YAC 1:17, YAC 1:25, YAC 3:2
LEXID: 004945001002000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
LEXEntryCode: 73.6
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Genuine, Phony
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-04-01 12:21:04
DefinitionShort: pertaining to being truly and completely genuine
Glosses: ['genuine', 'true']
LEXReferences: 1YHN 4:18
LEXID: 004945001003000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
LEXEntryCode: 79.129
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Features of Objects
LEXSubDomains: Perfect
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-04-01 12:21:04
DefinitionShort: pertaining to having no defect whatsoever
Glosses: perfect
LEXID: 004945001004000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
LEXEntryCode: 68.23
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Aspect
LEXSubDomains: Complete, Finish, Succeed
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-04-01 12:21:04
DefinitionShort: pertaining to that which is fully accomplished or finished
Glosses: ['complete', 'finished']
LEXReferences: 1COR 13:10, YAC 1:4
LEXID: 004945001005000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
LEXEntryCode: 88.100
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior
LEXSubDomains: Mature Behavior
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-04-01 12:21:04
DefinitionShort: pertaining to being mature in one’s behavior
Glosses: ['mature', 'grown-up']
Comments: It is also possible to interpret τέλειος in {S:04900401300038} as meaning ‘perfect’ (see {D:88.36}).|In {S:04000504800008} it is possible that τέλειος also means maturity of behavior, but it is usually interpreted as ‘being perfect,’ since the comparison is made with God (see {D:88.36}).
LEXReferences: 1COR 2:6, 1COR 13:10, 1COR 14:20, EPH 4:13, COL 1:28, COL 4:12, HEB 5:14, YAC 1:4, YAC 3:2
LEXID: 004945001006000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
LEXEntryCode: 9.10
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: People
LEXSubDomains: Human Beings
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-04-01 12:21:04
DefinitionShort: pertaining to an adult human being
Glosses: ['grown person', 'adult']
Comments: Though in {S:05800501400002} τέλειος is to be understood in a literal sense, the context as a whole is figurative.
LEXReferences: 1COR 14:20, HEB 5:14
LEXID: 004945001007000
LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
LEXEntryCode: 11.18
LEXIndent: 0
LEXDomains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes
LEXSubDomains: Socio-Religious
LEXSenses:
LanguageCode: en
LastEdited: 2022-04-01 12:21:04
DefinitionShort: one who is initiated into a religious community of faith (a meaning which reflects the occurrence of τέλειος as a technical term for persons initiated into the mystery religions)
Glosses: initiated
Comments: In a number of languages ‘initiated’ ({S:05000301500006 05100102800036}) may be best expressed as ‘to become a member of’ or ‘to become a believer in.’ It is possible, however, to interpret τέλειος in {S:05000301500006} and {S:05100102800036} as mature spirituality or a state of being spiritually mature (see {D:88.100}).