Strong G5047τελειότης
perfection
- Transliteration
- teleiotēs
- Pronunciation
- tel-i-ot'-ace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5046; (the state) completeness (mentally or morally): - perfection (-ness).
Detailed definition
τελειότης, -ητος, ἡ
(τέλειος), [in LXX: Jdg.9:16, 19 (תָּמִים), Pro.11:3 (תֻּמָּה), Wis.6:15 12:17, Jer.2:2 *;]
perfection, completeness: Col.3:14, Heb.6:1
(AS)
(τέλειος), [in LXX: Jdg.9:16, 19 (תָּמִים), Pro.11:3 (תֻּמָּה), Wis.6:15 12:17, Jer.2:2 *;]
perfection, completeness: Col.3:14, Heb.6:1
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5047 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- perfection1
- perfectness1
First verses
- Colossians 3:14And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
- Hebrews 6:1Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τελειότης, ητος, ἡ,
completeness, perfection, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 412b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 207a21, 261a36, LXX.Judg.9.16, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.315)]; ψυχῆς τελεότης [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 187: _plural_, 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.61)].
completeness, perfection, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 412b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 207a21, 261a36, LXX.Judg.9.16, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.315)]; ψυχῆς τελεότης [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 187: _plural_, 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.61)].