Word study · Greek
teleios
complete, mature, perfect
Say it: TEH-lay-os (approximate)
τέλειος
What it means
Complete, mature, perfect. In chapter 2 it refers to the mature who receive God's wisdom (2:6); in 13:10, "when the perfect comes"; in 14:20, "in thinking be mature."
Range of meaning
- CompleteLacking nothing, whole.
- MatureFully grown, as opposed to a child.
- PerfectWithout flaw, in the older English sense.
In 1 Corinthians
- Chapter 13
"When that which is perfect has come" (13:10).
- Chapter 14
"In thinking be mature" (14:20).
Every verse (3)
Verses where G5046 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources