τέλειος

G5046 G:A

perfect

τέλειος , -α, -ον (τέλος), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלֵם, תָּמִים and cogn. forms ;] having reached its end, finished, mature, complete, perfect ; __1. of persons, primarily of physical development, __(a) full-grown, mature : Heb.5:14; ethically: Php.3:15; opposite to νήπιος (-άζειν), 1Co.2:6 14:20 , Eph.4:13 ; τ. καὶ πεπληροφορημένοι, Col.4:12; τ. ἐν Χριστῷ, Col.1:28; __(b) complete, perfect (expressing the simple idea of complete goodness, without reference either to maturity or to the philosophical idea of a τέλος; see Hort on Jas.1:4 ): Mat.5:48 19:21 , Jas.1:4 3:2 ; of God, Mat.5:48. __2. Of things, complete, perfect : Rom.12:2; ἔργον, Jas.1:4; νόμος, Jas.1:25; δώρημα, Jas.1:17; ἀγάπη, 1Jn.4:18; τὸ τ., 1Co.13:10; compar., τελειοτέρα (σκηνή), Heb.9:11. (There is probably no reference in St. Paul's usage to the use of this term in the ancient mysteries; cf. ICC on Col.1:28; but see also Lft., in l, and Notes , 173 f.) † SYN. : see: ὁλόκληρος (and cf. Rendall, He., 158 ff.) (AS)