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: Heb.5:14; ethically: Php.3:15; opposite to νήπιος (-άζειν), 1Co.2:6 14:20, Eph.4:13; τ. καὶ πεπληροφορημένοι, Col.4:12; τ. ἐν Χριστῷ, Col.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 Jas.1:4): Mat.5:48 19:21, Jas.1:4 3:2; of God, Mat.5:48.

__2. Of things, complete, perfect: Rom.12:2; ἔργον, Jas.1:4; νόμος, Jas.1:25; δώρημα, Jas.1:17; ἀγάπη, 1Jn.4:18; τὸ τ. 1Co.13:10; compar. τελειοτέρα (σκηνή), Heb.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 Col.1:28; but see also Lft. in l, and Notes, 173 f.) †

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

having reached its end, finished, mature, complete, perfect; full-grown, mature; complete, perfect