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Koine Greek wordlink #146694

SR GNT Yac 1:17 τέλειον (teleion) ‘and every gift perfect from_above is coming_downhill’ Strongs=50460 Lemma=teleios
Word role=adjective case=nominative gender=neuter number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form τέλειον (A-NNS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘τέλειον’ (A-NNS) is always and only glossed as ‘perfect’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘teleios’ have 6 different glosses: ‘a perfect’, ‘its perfect’, ‘for the mature’, ‘mature’, ‘mature are’, ‘perfect’.

Greek words (14) other than τέλειον (A-NNS) with a gloss related to ‘perfect’

Have 14 other words (τέλειον, τέλειον, τελειῶσαι, τέλειον, τέλειον, τελειῶσαι, τελεία, τελειοῖ, τέλειος, τελειοῖ, τελειῶσαι, τέλειος, τέλειος, τέλειον) with 2 lemmas altogether (teleios, teleioō)

MAT 5:48 τελειοῖ (teleioi) S-NMP ‘will_be therefore you_all perfect as the father’ SR GNT Mat 5:48 word 4

OET-LV: 48 Therefore you _all will _be perfect as the heavenly father of _you _all the is perfect. (MAT_5:48)

OET-RV: 48 Instead you should all aim to be perfect just like your heavenly father is perfect. (MAT 5:48)

MAT 5:48 τέλειος (teleios) S-NMS ‘father of you_all heavenly perfect is’ SR GNT Mat 5:48 word 16

OET-LV: 48 Therefore you _all will _be perfect as the heavenly father of _you _all the is perfect. (MAT_5:48)

OET-RV: 48 Instead you should all aim to be perfect just like your heavenly father is perfect. (MAT 5:48)

MAT 19:21 τέλειος (teleios) S-NMS ‘Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) if you are wanting perfect to_be be going sell’ SR GNT Mat 19:21 word 8

OET-LV: 21 The Yaʸsous was _saying to _him: If you _are _wanting to _be perfect, be _going, sell the things possessing of _you and give to_the_poor and you _will _be _having treasure in the_heavens, and come, be _following after _me. (MAT_19:21)

OET-RV: 21 “If you want to be perfect,” answered Yeshua, “go and sell what you own and give to the poor, and then you’ll have treasure in the heavens. Then come and follow me.” (MAT 19:21)

ROM 12:2 τέλειον (teleion) S-NNS ‘and well_pleasing and perfect’ SR GNT Rom 12:2 word 31

OET-LV: 2 And not be _conforming to_ the _age this, but be _being _transformed by _the renewal of _the mind, in _order that to _be _approving you _all, what is the will of_ the _god, the good, and well _pleasing, and perfect. (ROM_12:2)

OET-RV: 2 Don’t conform to the norms of this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, then you’ll all be able to accept and approve God’s will that’s good, pleasing, and perfect. (ROM 12:2)

1 COR 13:10 τέλειον (teleion) S-NNS ‘but may come the perfect the thing by part’ SR GNT 1 Cor 13:10 word 5

OET-LV: 10 but whenever may _come the perfect, the thing by part will _be _being _nullified. (CO1_13:10)

OET-RV: 10 So when perfection comes, partial things will disappear. (CO1 13:10)

COL 1:28 τέλειον (teleion) S-AMS ‘we may present every person perfect in chosen_one/messiah’ SR GNT Col 1:28 word 19

OET-LV: 28 whom we are _proclaiming, admonishing every person and teaching every person in all wisdom, in _order _that we _may _present every person perfect in chosen _one /messiah. (COL_1:28)

OET-RV: 28 Yes, Messiah who we are telling everyone about as we teach and recommend to everyone, so that we might present every person made perfect in Messiah. (COL 1:28)

HEB 2:10 τελειῶσαι (teleiōsai) V-NAA···· Lemma=teleioō ‘of them through sufferings to perfect’ SR GNT Heb 2:10 word 25

OET-LV: 10 For/Because it _was _befitting to _him, because/for whom are the things all, and by whom are the things all, many sons to glory having _brought, the originator of _the salvation of _them, through sufferings to _perfect. (HEB_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 It was appropriate for him, the one who everything was made for and who made everything, having brought many children to be with God and being the originator of their salvation, to become perfect through what he suffered. (HEB 2:10)

HEB 9:9 τελειῶσαι (teleiōsai) V-NAA···· Lemma=teleioō ‘being_able concerning conscience to perfect the one serving’ SR GNT Heb 9:9 word 20

OET-LV: 9 which is a_parable for the time which having _presented, in which gifts both and sacrifices are _being _offered, not being _able concerning conscience to _perfect the one serving, (HEB_9:9)

OET-RV: 9 This was an illustration intended for the present time when gifts and sacrifices are still being offered, but are not able to make the conscience of the one serving perfect— (HEB 9:9)

HEB 10:1 τελειῶσαι (teleiōsai) V-NAA···· Lemma=teleioō ‘are being_able the ones approaching to perfect’ SR GNT Heb 10:1 word 33

OET-LV: 10 For/Because a_shadow having the law of _the coming good things, not itself the image of _the matters, in _every year with _the same sacrifices, which they _are _offering to the continual, never are _being _able the ones approaching to _perfect. (HEB_10:1)

OET-RV: 10 The law is a shadow of the good things coming, not the exact image of them. Every year they offer the same sacrifices—over and over but never getting nearer to perfection, (HEB 10:1)

YAC 1:4 τέλειον (teleion) A-ANS ‘and endurance work its perfect let_be having in_order_that you_all may_be’ SR GNT Yac 1:4 word 5

OET-LV: 4 And the endurance work its_perfect let _be _having, in _order _that you _all _may _be perfect and complete, in nothing lacking. (JAM_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 Let that endurance do its perfect work so that you all might become perfect and mature—not lacking anything. (JAM 1:4)

YAC 1:4 τελειοῖ (teleioi) S-NMP ‘let_be having in_order_that you_all may_be perfect and complete in’ SR GNT Yac 1:4 word 9

OET-LV: 4 And the endurance work its_perfect let _be _having, in _order _that you _all _may _be perfect and complete, in nothing lacking. (JAM_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 Let that endurance do its perfect work so that you all might become perfect and mature—not lacking anything. (JAM 1:4)

YAC 1:25 τέλειον (teleion) A-AMS ‘having investigated into the law perfect the law of freedom and’ SR GNT Yac 1:25 word 6

OET-LV: 25 But the one having _investigated into the_law perfect, the law of_ the _freedom, and having _continued _with it, not a_listener of _forgetful having _become, but a_doer of_the_work, this one blessed in the doing of _him will _be. (JAM_1:25)

OET-RV: 25 However the person who investigates the perfect law that gives freedom, and then sticks with it, not being just an observer that forgets about it but rather a person who puts it into practice, this person will prosper in whatever they do. (JAM 1:25)

YAC 3:2 τέλειος (teleios) A-NMS ‘not is stumbling this a perfect man is powerful to bridle’ SR GNT Yac 3:2 word 12

OET-LV: 2 For/Because in _many ways we _are _stumbling all. If anyone in ^his_message not is _stumbling, this a_perfect man is, powerful to _bridle also all his body. (JAM_3:2)

OET-RV: 2 We all stumble in many ways. If there was someone who never said anything wrong, this person would be perfect and also able to have self-control over their entire body. (JAM 3:2)

1 YHN 4:18 τελεία (teleia) A-NFS ‘love but the perfect love out is throwing’ SR GNT 1 Yhn 4:18 word 9

OET-LV: 18 Fear is not in the love, but the perfect love is _throwing out the fear, because the fear is _having punishment, and the one fearing, has_ not _˓been˒_perfected in the love. (JN1_4:18)

OET-RV: 18 There’s no fear in love, but rather perfect love drives away fear, because our fear is that of being punished but the one fearing has not been perfected in love. (JN1 4:18)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective V=verb AMS=accusative,masculine,singular ANS=accusative,neuter,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular