Strong G5050τελείωσις

perfection

Transliteration
teleiōsis
Pronunciation
tel-i'-o-sis
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G5448; (the act) completion that is (of prophecy) verification or (of expiation) absolution: - perfection performance.

Detailed definition

τελείωσις, -εως, ἡ
(τελειόω), [in LXX chiefly for מִלֻּא, Exo.29:22, al.;]
fulfilment, completion, perfection: Luk.1:45, Heb.7:11.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5050 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • perfection1
  • performance1

First verses

  1. Luke 1:45
    And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
  2. Hebrews 7:11
    If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τελεί-ωσις
or τελέωσις, εως, ἡ, development, completion, of physical growth, λαμβάνει τελέωσιν τὰ ᾠά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 543a19, compare 561a5, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἑπταμήνου” 1, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.18, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.26; τὴν τ. τῶν μορίων ἀπολαμβάνειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 583b24, etc.)]; ἡ τῶν καρπῶν τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.4.3)]; ἕως τελειώσεως to saturation-point, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.38U.)]; of a building, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 246a26)]; of a statue, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.48; in moral sense, αἱ ἀρεταὶ τελειώσεις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 247a2, compare 246a13, “Metaphorical” 1021b20; εἰς τὴν τ. ἄγεσθαι τῆς φύσεως [prev. author] “EN” 1153a12.)]
b execution of a legal instrument by completing it, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1168.3 (1st c.BC), “PFlor.” 56.7, +others (3rd c.AD).)]
2 in Logic, ἡ τ. τῶν συλλογισμῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 42a35; compare τελειόω 1.2.)]
II attainment of manhood, [Refs (“AJA” 18.324 (Sardis, Epist. Augusti).)]
II.b marriage, [LXX (LXX.Jer.2.2; compare τέλειος 1.2b, 11.)]
II of events, accomplishment, fulfilment, [LXX+NT (NT.Luke.1.45; λόγων LXX.Jdt.10.9.)]