noun · masculine
teleiōtos
Greekτελειωτής (teleiōtēs)
Strong’sG5051
a perfecter, completer
stem teleiōt-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
τελειωτής, -οῦ, ὁ
(< τελειόω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5051 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtel-i-o-tace'
a completer, i.e. consummater
Fromfrom G5048;
King Jamesfinisher.
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 | teleiōtos | teleiōtois |
| object accusative | teleiōton1×τελειωτὴν | teleiōtoin |
| direct address vocative | teleiōtor | teleiōtoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | teleiōtou | teleiōtoiu |
| to, for dative | teleiōto | teleiōtoi |
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
teleiōto 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
teleiōton“perfecter”objectaccusative singular1×
Hebrews 12:2“perfecter”aforarōtois eis ton tau pistiau archēgon kai teleiōton Iēsun, hos anti tau prokeierōtau auto charau hupomenata stauron aischunau katafronaratos, en dexa tē tou thronou tou theou kathizatē.Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.