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
(The state) completeness (mentally or morally)
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τελειότης G5047
Pronunciation teleiótēs
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
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Questions this entry answers
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 It maturity 1× Hebrews 6:1
of perfect unity 1× Colossians 3:14
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Colossians 3:14
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Colossians 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
τελειότητα 1x teleiotēta Hebrews 6:1
τελειότητος 1x teleiotētos Colossians 3:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 6:1
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Colossians 3:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Mature completeness in character or knowledge, the goal state of spiritual development rather than initial perfection
Strong's G5047
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
(the state) completeness (mentally or morally)
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 3:14 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
τελειότητος. teleiothtov
perfectness, perfection
Read verse Hebrews 6:1 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
τελειότητα teleiothta
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Col 3:14 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 6:1 1×
Word Origins
τελειότης is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain