τελειόω teleioō

Greek word for “to perfect” · Strong’s G5048 · used 23 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

τελειόω, -ῶ; (τέλειος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for teleioō in context, with how often each is used:

• perfected 6
• has been perfected 3
• make perfect 2
• when having completed 1
• may finish 1
• may complete 1
• having completed 1
• may be fulfilled 1
• finish 1
• have been perfected 1
• having been perfected 1
• perfect 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 John 4 (3), John 17 (2), Hebrews 7 (2), Hebrews 10 (2), Luke 2 (1), Luke 13 (1), John 4 (1), John 5 (1), John 19 (1), Acts 20 (1)

Forms

• τελειῶσαι 4
• τετελείωται 3
• τελειώσω 2
• τελειωσάντων 1
• τελειοῦμαι 1
• τελειώσας 1
• τετελειωμένοι 1
• τελειωθῇ 1
• τετελείωμαι 1
• τελειωθεὶς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with teleioō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 4
• ἔργον ergon “work” 4
• διηνεκής diēnekēs “perpetual” 2
• κρείσσων kreissōn “greater” 2
• νόμος nomos “law” 3
• θυσία thusia “sacrifice” 2
• γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 3
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 3
• προσφέρω prospherō “to bring to” 2
• σωτηρία sōtēria “salvation” 2
• ἤδη ēdē “already” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 3

Key verses

The verses using teleioō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 4:34 — Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
• John 17:4 — I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
• John 17:23 — I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
• John 19:28 — After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
• Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received…
• Philippians 3:12 — Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ…
• Hebrews 2:10 — For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect…
• Hebrews 5:9 — And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
• Hebrews 9:9 — Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as…
• Hebrews 12:23 — To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
• 1 John 2:5 — But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
• 1 John 4:12 — No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.