τελειόω teleioō · G5048

to perfect

τελειόω, -ῶ; (τέλειος), [in LXX: Exo.29:9, Lev.4:5, al. (τ. χεῖρ מָלֵא pi.), 2Ki.22:26, al. (תָּמַם), Wis.4:13, al. (cf. Westc., He., 64) ; ] ; 1. bring to an end, finish, accomplish, fulfil: Jhn.4:34, Act.20:24; of time, Luk.2:43, Jhn.5:36 17:4; pass., ἡ γραφή, Jhn.19:28. ; 2. to bring to maturity or completeness, to complete, perfect; (a) of things: Heb.7:19, Jas.2:22, 1Jn.2:5 Jn 4:12 Jn 4:17 : ; (b) of persons, in ethical and spiritual sense: Heb.2:10 9:9 10:1, 14; pass., Luk.13:32, Jhn.17:23, Php.3:12, Heb.5:9 7:28 11:40 12:23, 1Jn.4:18 (for a different view of the meaning in Heb.2:10, al., see Rendall, in l).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

τελει-όω ; and τελεόω (the latter always in []:— make perfect, complete: ; I of things, acts, works, time, make perfect, complete, accomplish, πάντα ἐτελέωσε ποιήσας []; τελεώσαντες τὰς σπονδάς having completed the libations, []; τ. βίου ἐνιαυτούς complete the tale of years, []; τὸ ἔργον []:—middle, []:—passive, to be accomplished, []; τελεωθέντων ἀμφοτέροισι when both men had their wishes accomplished, [] ; I.b execute a legal instrument, make it valid by completing it, []; I.2 in Logic, τ. τὸ …

Where it's used 23 times

Luke 2:43 · Luke 13:32 · John 4:34 · John 5:36 · John 17:4 · John 17:23 · John 19:28 · Acts 20:24 · Philippians 3:12 · Hebrews 2:10 · Hebrews 5:9 · Hebrews 7:19 · Hebrews 7:28 · Hebrews 9:9 · Hebrews 10:1 · Hebrews 10:14 · Hebrews 11:40 · Hebrews 12:23 · James 2:22 · 1 John 2:5 · 1 John 4:12 · 1 John 4:17 · 1 John 4:18

Source: TBESG G5048; TFLSJ G5048

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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