τέλειος

τέλειος, -α, -ον

(τέλος), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלֵם, תָּמִים and cogn. forms ;]

having reached its end, finished, mature, complete, perfect;

1. of persons, primarily of physical development,

(a) full-grown, mature: Hebr 5,14 ethically: Fil 3,15 opposite to νήπιος (-άζειν), 1 Kor 2,6; 14,20, Ef 4,13; τ. καὶ πεπληροφορημένοι, Kol 4,12 τ. ἐν Χριστῷ, Kol 1,28

(b) complete, perfect (expressing the simple idea of complete goodness, without reference either to maturity or to the philosophical idea of a τέλος; see Hort on Jak 1,4): Matt 5,48; 19,21, Jak 1,4; 3,2; of God, Matt 5,48,

2. Of things, complete, perfect: Rom 12,2 ἔργον, Jak 1,4 νόμος, Jak 1,25 δώρημα, Jak 1,17 ἀγάπη, 1 Joh 4,18 τὸ τ., 1 Kor 13,10 compar., τελειοτέρα (σκηνή), Hebr 9,11,

(There is probably no reference in St. Paul's usage to the use of this term in the ancient mysteries; cf. ICC on Kol 1,28 but see also Lft., in l, and Notes, 173 f.) †

SYN.: see: ὁλόκληρος (and cf. Rendall, He., 158 ff.)