What does τελειότης (teleiótēs) mean in the Bible?
τελειότης (teleiótēs): Mature completeness in character or knowledge, the goal state of spiritual development rather than initial perfection
Greek · G5047
τελειότης
τελειότης (teleiótēs): Mature completeness in character or knowledge, the goal state of spiritual development rather than initial perfection
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τελειότηςG5047
Pronunciationteleiótēs
What does τελειότης (teleiótēs) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G5047?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include maturity (1), of perfect unity (1).
Where does τελειότης (teleiótēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 3:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itmaturity1×Hebrews 6:1
of perfect unity1×Colossians 3:14
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowColossians 3:14
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Colossians1Hebrews1
Source forms
τελειότητα1xteleiotētaHebrews 6:1
τελειότητος1xteleiotētosColossians 3:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xHebrews 6:1
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1xColossians 3:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Mature completeness in character or knowledge, the goal state of spiritual development rather than initial perfection
Strong'sG5047
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
(the state) completeness (mentally or morally)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Mature completeness in character or knowledge, the goal state of spiritual development rather than initial perfection
(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
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Colossians 3:14Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
τελειότητος.teleiothtov
perfectness, perfection
Read verseHebrews 6:1Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τελειότηταteleiothta
perfectness, perfection
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineCol 3:141×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineHeb 6:11×
Word Origins
τελειότης is built from this root: