The Synonymous Words for "Perfect"
(Adjective and Verb). This Is Appendix
125 From The Companion Bible.
- teleios = that which has reached its end. From
telos, end. Latin finis, nothing beyond;
hence perfect, in the sense of initiated. See 1Corinthians
2:6. Philippians
3:15.
- teleioo = to make a full end, consummate.
- epiteleo = to finish, or bring through to an
end.
- akribos = accurately, precisely, exactly,
assiduously.
- akribeia = accuracy, preciseness,
exactness.
- artios = fitting like a joint = perfect adaptation
for given uses. Occ. only in 2Timothy
3:17.
- pleroo = to fulfil, accomplish.
- katartizo = to arrange or set in order, adjust,
etc. It occurs thirteen times, and is rendered "mend"
(Matthew 4:21. Mark
1:19);
"prepare" (Hebrews 10:5);
"frame" (Hebrews 11:3);
"restore" (Galatians 6:1); "make
perfect" (Hebrews 13:21. 1Peter
5:10. All the texts
read "will perfect"); "perfected" (Matthew
21:16. 1Thessalonians
3:10);
"fit" (Romans 9:22).
Passive "be perfect" (Luke 6:40. 2Corinthians
13:11); "be
perfectly joined together" (1Corinthians
1:10).
- exartizo = to equip, fit out (as a vessel for
sea); that is to say, ready for every emergency (occ. only in Acts
21:5 and 2Timothy
3:17).
- hexis = habitude (as the result of long practice
or habit). Occ. only in Hebrews 5:14.
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