125.  THE SYNONYMOUS WORDS
FOR
"PERFECT" (Adj. and Verb).



  1. teleios =  that which has reached its end.  From telos, end.  Lat. finis, nothing beyond; hence perfect, in the sense of initiated.  See 1Cor. 2:6.  Phil. 3:15.

  2. teleioo = to make a full end, consummate.

  3. epiteleo = to finish, or bring through to an end.

  4. akribos = accurately, precisely, exactly, assiduously.

  5. akribeia = accuracy, preciseness, exactness.

  6. artios = fitting like a joint = perfect adaptation for given uses.  Occ. only in 2Tim. 3:17.

  7. pleroo = to fulfill, accomplish.

  8. katartizo = to arrange or set in order, adjust, &c.  It occurs thirteen times, and is rendered  "mend" (Matt. 4:21.  Mark 1:19); "prepare" (Heb. 10:5); "frame" (Heb. 11:3); "restore" (Gal. 6:1); "make perfect" (Heb. 13:21.  1Pet. 5:10.  All the texts read "will perfect"); "perfected" (Matt. 21:16.  1Thess. 3:10); "fit" (Rom. 9:22).  Passive "be perfect" (Luke 6:40.  2Cor. 13:11); "be perfectly joined together" (1Cor. 1:10).

  9. exartizo = to equip, fit out (as a vessel for sea); i.e. ready for every emergency (occ. only in Acts  21:5 and 2Tim. 3:17).

  10. hexis = habitude (as the result of long practice or habit).  Occ. only in Heb. 5:14.
     




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