τέλειος

tevleio" tevleio",
teleiva,
tevleion (
tevlo"), in classic Greek sometimes also
tevleio",
tevleion (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 11,1), from Homer down, the Septuagint several times for !lev;, !ymiT;, etc.; properly, brought to its end, finished; lacking nothing necessary to completeness; perfect:
e[rgon, ;
hJ
ajgavph, ;
oJ
novmo", ; (
dwvrhma, );
teleiotera
skhnhv, a more perfect (excellent) tabernacle, ;
tov
tevleion, substantively, that which is perfect: consummate human integrity and virtue, (others take it here as an adjective belonging to
qevlhma); the perfect state of all things, to be ushered in by the return of Christ from heaven, ; of men, full-grown, adult; of full age, mature (Aeschylus Ag. 1504; Plato, legg. 11, p. 929{c}): ;
tevleio"
ajnhvr (Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 4f; 8, 7, 6; Philo de cherub. sec. 32; opposed to
paidivon
nhvpion, Polybius 5, 29, 2; for other examples from other authors see Bleek, Brief a. d. Hebrew ii., 2, p. 133f),
mevcri ...
eij"
a[ndra
tevleion, until we rise to the same level of knowledge which we ascribe to a full-grown man, until we can be likened to a full-grown man, (opposed to
nhvpioi, 14);
tevleioi
tai'"
fresiv (opposed to
paidiva and
nhpiazonte"
tai'"
fresiv), (here A. V. men); absolutely,
oiJ
tevleioi, the perfect, i. e. the more intelligent, ready to apprehend divine things, (R. V. marginal reading full-grown) (opposed to
nhvpioi
ejn
Cristw'/, ; in simple opposed to
nhvpio", Philo de legg. alleg. i. sec. 30; for @ybime, opposed to
mantanwn, ; (cf. Lightfoot on ; )); of mind and character, one who has reached the proper height of virtue and integrity: ; ; (cf. Lightfoot as above); ; in an absolute sense, of God: ;
tevleio"
ajnhvr, (
tevleio"
divkaio", ); as respects understanding and goodness, ;
tevleio"
a[nqrwpo"
ejn
Cristw'/, (cf. Lightfoot as the synonym above: see
oJlovklhro", and Trench, sec. xxii.).*