noun · feminine
teleiotas
Greekτελειότης (teleiotēs)
Strong’sG5047
perfectness, perfection
stem teleiot-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
τελειότης, -ητος, ἡ
(< τέλειος), [in LXX: Jg 9:16, 19 (תָּמִים), Pr 11:3 (תֻּמָּה), Wi 6:15 12:17, Je 2:2 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5047 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtel-i-ot'-ace
(the state) completeness (mentally or morally)
Fromfrom G5046;
King Jamesperfection(-ness).
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 | teleiotas | teleiotais |
| object accusative | teleiotan1×τελειότητα | teleiotain |
| direct address vocative | teleiotar | teleiotair |
| of, belonging to genitive | teleiotau1×τελειότητος | teleiotaiu |
| to, for dative | teleiota | teleiotai |
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
teleiota 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
teleiotan“maturity”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 6:1“maturity”Dio afiēkaratois ton tau archau tou Christou logon epi tan teleiotan ferineiō, mē palin themelion kataballerōtois metanoiau apo nekreiu ergeiu, kai pistiau epi theon,Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,
teleiotau“perfect”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Colossians 3:14“perfect”epi pantei de houtei tan agapan, hem atō sundesmos tau teleiotau.And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.