Quick Definition
τελείωσις, εως, ἡ n.f. completion, fulfillment, perfection
Strong's Definition
(the act) completion, i.e. (of prophecy) verification, or (of expiation) absolution
Derivation: from G5448 (φυσιόω);
KJV Usage: perfection, performance
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | τελέω
88.38 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Perfect, Perfection
to make perfect, to perfect, causing perfection to make perfect in the moral sense
13.126 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to make happen, to fulfill, to bring to fruition, to accomplish, fulfillment to cause to happen for some end result
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τελείωσις, -ews, 7, (τελειόω), α completing, perfecting ; a. fulfilment, accomplishment; the event which verifies a promise (see τελειόω, 4): Lk. i. 45 [Judith x. 9; Philo de vit. Moys. iii. § 39]. b. consummation, perfection, (see τελειόω, 3): Heb. vii. 11. (In various senses in Aristot., Theophr., Diod.) [Cf. reff. 5. v. τελειόω, 3.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τελείωσις teleiōsis 2x
a completing; a fulfillment, an accomplishment of predictions, promised, etc., Lk. 1:45; finality of function, completeness of operation and effect, Heb. 7:11*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τελείωσις, -εως, ἡ
(< τελειόω), [in LXX chiefly for מִלֻּא, Ex 29:22, al. ;]
fulfilment, completion, perfection: Lk 1:45, He 7:11.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τελείωσις, “fulfilment,” ‘“‘ completion ” (Lk 1#, Heb 7!) : P Oxy II. 286° (A.D. 82) πρὸς δὲ τὴν Tod χρηματισμοῦ τελείωσιν διαπέσταλμαι Ἡρακλείδην ᾿Ηρακλείδου, ‘I have dispatched as my agent Heraclides, son οἵ Heraclides, to conclude the transaction” (Edd.), P Ryl II. 115° (A.D. 156) εἰς τὸ τὰ τῆς [ἐνεχυρ]ασίας ἐπιτελεσθῆνίαι πρὸς τελείωσιν τῶν [νομῇμων. Cf. further BGU IV. 1168* (B.c. 10) πρὸς [τε]λείωσ (ιν) τῆσδε τῆς] συγχωρή(σεως), P Flor 1. 567 (A.D. 234) πρὸς τὴ]ν τοῦ χρηματ[ισμοῦ] τελείωσιν, and Test. xit. patr. Reub. vi. 8 μέχρι τελειώσεως χρόνων, “until the consummation of the time.” Also Epicurus IT. 89 ἕως τελειώσεως kal διαμονῆς, “until the period of completion and stability ” (Bailey).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τελείωσις (teleiōsis) — perfection. τελεί-ωσις or τελέωσις, εως, ἡ, development, completion, of physical growth, λαμβάνει τελέωσιν τὰ ᾠά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τῶν καρπῶν τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἕως τελειώσεως to saturation-point, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a building, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a statue, [Refs 4th c.BC+] __b execution of a legal instrument by completing it, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. in Logic, ἡ τ. τῶν συλλογισμῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. attainment of manhood, [Refs]
II. b marriage, [LXX]
II. of events, accomplishment, fulfilment, [LXX+NT]