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Koine Greek wordlink #2804

SR GNT Mat 5:48 τέλειός (teleios) ‘father of you_all heavenly perfect is’ Strongs=50460 Lemma=teleios
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form τέλειός (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘τέλειός’ (S-NMS) 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 τέλειός (S-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘perfect’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YAC 1:17 τέλειον (teleion) A-NNS ‘and every gift perfect from_above is coming_downhill’ SR GNT Yac 1:17 word 7

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

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

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

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