Greek verb · G5048
τελειόω
teleiootel-i-o'-o
bring to an end, finish, accomplish, fulfil; to bring to maturity or completeness, to complete, perfect
23 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: teleióō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5048is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 17spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5048
to complete, i.e. (literally) accomplish, or (figuratively) consummate (in character)
The King James renders it: consecrate, finish, fulfil, make) perfect.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
teleioo is rendered "bring to an end, finish, accomplish, fulfil; to bring to maturity or completeness, to complete, perfect". It stands 23 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "bring to an end, finish, accomplish, fulfil".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 2:43When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
Luke 2:43τελειωσάντων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: bring to an end, finish, accomplish, fulfil, and to bring to maturity or completeness, to complete, perfect.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| bring to an end, finish, accomplish, fulfilJhn.4:34, Act.20:24; of time, Luk.2:43, Jhn.5:36 17:4; pass., ἡ γραφή, Jhn.19:28. | Tagged as
and 4 more, 12 uses in all | WhereLuke 2:43When those days were over and they were returning home… |
| to bring to maturity or completeness, to complete, perfect__(a) of things | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 4:12Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- τελειῶσαι4
- τετελείωται3
- τελειώσω2
- ἐτελειώθη1
- ἐτελείωσεν1
- τελειοῦμαι1
- τελειωθεὶς1
- τελειωθῇ1
- τελειωθῶσιν.¶1
- τελειωσάντων1
- τελειώσας1
- τετελείωκεν1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)4V-AAN
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-RPI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular2V-AAS-1S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-AAP-GPM
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-API-3S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-APP-NSM
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-APS-3P
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-APS-3S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PPI-1S
- verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RAI-3S
Luke
two uses
When those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
- τελειωσάντωνteleiosantonverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: when having completed
But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’
- τελειοῦμαιteleioumaiverb · present passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am perfected
John
five uses
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- τελειώσωteleiosoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: may finish
But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
- τελειώσωteleiosoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may complete
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- τελειώσαςteleiosasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having completed
I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
- τετελειωμένοιteteleiomenoiverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: perfected
After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
- τελειωθῇteleiotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be fulfilled
Acts
one use
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- τελειῶσαιteleiosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to finish
Philippians
one use
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
- τετελείωμαιteteleiomaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have been perfected
Hebrews
nine uses
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
- τελειῶσαιteleiosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make perfect
And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
- τελειωθεὶςteleiotheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been perfected
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
- ἐτελείωσενeteleiosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: perfected
For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
- τετελειωμένον.¶teteleiomenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: perfected
It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
- τελειῶσαιteleiosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to make perfect
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- τελειῶσαιteleiosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to perfect
because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
- τετελείωκενteteleiokenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has perfected
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
- τελειωθῶσιν.¶teleiothosinverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may be made perfect
in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
- τετελειωμένωνteteleiomenonverb · perfect passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: perfected
James
one use
You see that his faith was working with his actions, and his faith was perfected by what he did.
- ἐτελειώθηeteleiotheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was perfected
1 John
four uses
But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
- τετελείωταιteteleiotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been perfected
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
- τετελειωμένηteteleiomeneverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: perfected
In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
- τετελείωταιteteleiotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been perfected
There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
- τετελείωταιteteleiotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been perfected
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Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.