noun · feminine
teleiōsias
Greekτελείωσις (teleiōsis)
Strong’sG5050
completion, fulfillment, perfection
stem teleiōsi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
τελείωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< τελειόω), [in LXX chiefly for מִלֻּא, Ex 29:22, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5050 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtel-i'-o-sis
(the act) completion, i.e. (of prophecy) verification, or (of expiation) absolution
Fromfrom G5448;
King Jamesperfection, performance.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | teleiōsias2×τελείωσις | teleiōsiais |
| object accusative | teleiōsian | teleiōsiain |
| direct address vocative | teleiōsiar | teleiōsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | teleiōsiau | teleiōsiaiu |
| to, for dative | teleiōsia | teleiōsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
teleiōsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
teleiōsias“perfection”subjectnominative singular2×
Luke 1:45“fulfillment”kai makarias tas pisteuaratas hoti eti teleiōsias tei lalirētei auta para kuriou.Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
Hebrews 7:11“perfection”Ei men oun teleiōsias dia tau Levitikau hierōsunau ate, tos laos gar epi autau nomothetitē, tinas ēti chreias kata tan taxian Melchisedek heteron anistanerō hierevon kai ouk kata tan taxian Aarōn legirō?Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood ( for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear — one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?