What does τελείωσις (teleíōsis) mean in the Bible?
τελείωσις (teleíōsis): The state of being completed or brought to full maturity, especially the culmination of a process toward perfection
Greek · G5050
τελείωσις
Perfection
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τελείωσις G5050
Pronunciation teleíōsis
What does τελείωσις (teleíōsis) mean in the Bible?
τελείωσις (teleíōsis): The state of being completed or brought to full maturity, especially the culmination of a process toward perfection
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5050?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fulfilled (1), perfection (1).
Where does τελείωσις (teleíōsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 1:45. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), Luke (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 fulfilled 1× Luke 1:45
perfection 1× Hebrews 7:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 1:45
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Luke 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
τελείωσις 2x teleiōsis Luke 1:45, Hebrews 7:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Luke 1:45, Hebrews 7:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The state of being completed or brought to full maturity, especially the culmination of a process toward perfection
Strong's G5050
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Hebrews 7:11-19 Source Gloss
perfection
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.
Luke 1:45 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
τελείωσις teleiwsiv
completion, fulfillment, perfection
Read verse Hebrews 7:11 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
τελείωσις teleiwsiv
completion, fulfillment, 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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:45 · Heb 7:11 2×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
perfection, completion
Additional Occurrences
Luke 1:39–45 τελείωσις / τελείωσιν (concept of fulfillment) teleíōsis
Completion, fulfillment
Word Origins
τελείωσις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Indicates covenantal fulfillment and effective access to God. Hebrews 7:11-19
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