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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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τέλειος

MainId: 004945000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: τ

StrongCodes: G5046

BaseForms:

  1. BaseFormID: 004945001000000

    PartsOfSpeech: adjc.

    Inflections:

    1. Lemma: τέλειος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -α, -ον

    RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'τελέω', 'Meanings': []}

    LEXMeanings:

    1. LEXID: 004945001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 88.36

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

      LEXSubDomains: Perfect, Perfection

      LEXSenses:

      1. 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

    2. LEXID: 004945001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 73.6

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Genuine, Phony

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

        LastEdited: 2022-04-01 12:21:04

        DefinitionShort: pertaining to being truly and completely genuine

        Glosses: ['genuine', 'true']

      LEXReferences: 1YHN 4:18

    3. LEXID: 004945001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 79.129

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Features of Objects

      LEXSubDomains: Perfect

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

        LastEdited: 2022-04-01 12:21:04

        DefinitionShort: pertaining to having no defect whatsoever

        Glosses: perfect

      LEXReferences: HEB 9:11, YAC 1:17

    4. LEXID: 004945001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 68.23

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Aspect

      LEXSubDomains: Complete, Finish, Succeed

      LEXSenses:

      1. 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

    5. LEXID: 004945001005000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 88.100

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

      LEXSubDomains: Mature Behavior

      LEXSenses:

      1. 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

    6. LEXID: 004945001006000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 9.10

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: People

      LEXSubDomains: Human Beings

      LEXSenses:

      1. 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

    7. 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:

      1. 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}).

      LEXReferences: PHP 3:15, COL 1:28