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Dictionaries :: Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Adjective Strong's Number: g5046 Greek: teleios

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly:

signifies "having reached its end" (telos), "finished, complete, perfect." It is used

(I) of persons,

(a) primarily of physical development, then, with ethical import, "fully grown, mature," 1Cr 2:6; 14:20 ("men;" marg., "of full age"); Eph 4:13; Phl 3:15; Col 1:28; 4:12; in Hbr 5:14, RV, "fullgrown" (marg., "perfect"), AV, "of full age" (marg., "perfect");

(b) "complete," conveying the idea of goodness without necessary reference to maturity or what is expressed under (a), Mat 5:48; 19:21; Jam 1:4 (2nd part); 3:2. It is used thus of God in Mat 5:48;

(II) of "things, complete, perfect," Rom 12:2; 1Cr 13:10 (referring to the complete revelation of God's will and ways, whether in the completed Scriptures or in the hereafter); Jam 1:4 (of the work of patience); Jam 1:25; 1Jo 4:18.

A-2 Adjective Strong's Number: g5046 Greek: teleioteros

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly:

the comparative degree of No. 1, is used in Hbr 9:11, of the very presence of God.

A-3 Adjective Strong's Number: g739 Greek: artios

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly:

is translated "perfect" in 2Ti 3:17: see COMPLETE, B.

B-1 Verb Strong's Number: g5048 Greek: teleioo

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly:

"to bring to an end by completing or perfecting," is used

(I) of "accomplishing" (see FINISH, FULFILL);

(II) of "bringing to completeness,"

(a) of persons: of Christ's assured completion of His earthly course, in the accomplishment of the Father's will, the successive stages culminating in His death, Luk 13:32; Hbr 2:10, to make Him "perfect," legally and officially, for all that He would be to His people on the ground of His sacrifice; cp. 5:9; 7:28, RV, "perfected" (AV, "consecrated"); of His saints, Jhn 17:23, RV, "perfected" (AV, "made perfect"); Phl 3:12; Hbr 10:14; 11:40 (of resurrection glory); 12:23 (of the departed saints); 1Jo 4:18; of former priests (negatively), Hbr 9:9; similarly of Israelites under the Aaronic priesthood, Hbr 10:1;

(b) of things, Hbr 7:19 (of the ineffectiveness of the Law); Jam 2:22 (of faith made "perfect" by works); 1Jo 2:5, of the love of God operating through him who keeps His word; 1Jo 4:12, of the love of God in the case of those who love one another; 1Jo 4:17, of the love of God as "made perfect with" (RV) those who abide in God, giving them to be possessed of the very character of God, by reason of which "as He is, even so are they in this world."

B-2 Verb Strong's Number: g2005 Greek: epiteleo

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly:

"to bring through to the end" (epi, intensive, in the sense of "fully," and teleo, "to complete"), is used in the Middle Voice in Gal 3:3, "are ye (now) perfected," continuous present tense, indicating a process, lit., "are ye now perfecting yourselves;" in 2Cr 7:1, "perfecting (holiness);" in Phl 1:6, RV, "will perfect (it)," AV, "will perform."
See ACCOMPLISH, No. 4.

B-3 Verb Strong's Number: g2675 Greek: katartizo

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly:

"to render fit, complete" (artios), "is used of mending nets, Mat 4:21; Mar 1:19, and is translated 'restore' in Gal 6:1. It does not necessarily imply, however, that that to which it is applied has been damaged, though it may do so, as in these passages; it signifies, rather, right ordering and arrangement, Hbr 11:3, 'framed;" it points out the path of progress, as in Mat 21:16; Luk 6:40; cp. 2Cr 13:9; Eph 4:12, where corresponding nouns occur. It indicates the close relationship between character and destiny, Rom 9:22, 'fitted.' It expresses the pastor's desire for the flock, in prayer, Hbr 13:21, and in exhortation, 1Cr 1:10, RV, 'perfected' (AV, 'perfectly joined'); 2Cr 13:11, as well as his conviction of God's purpose for them, 1Pe 5:10. It is used of the Incarnation of the Word in Hbr 10:5, 'prepare,' quoted from Psa 40:6 (Sept.), where it is apparently intended to describe the unique creative act involved in the Virgin Birth, Luk 1:35. In 1Th 3:10 it means to supply what is necessary, as the succeeding words show."*
[* From Notes on Thessalonians by Hogg and Vine, p. 101.]
See FIT, B, No. 3.

Note: Cp. exartizo, rendered "furnished completely," in 2Ti 3:17, RV; see ACCOMPLISH, No. 1.

C-1 Adverb Strong's Number: g199 Greek: akribos

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly:

accurately, is translated "perfectly" in 1Th 5:2, where it suggests that Paul and his companions were careful ministers of the Word.
See ACCURATELY, and see Note (2) below.

C-2 Adverb Strong's Number: g197 Greek: akribesteron

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly:

the comparative degree of No. 1, Act 18:26; 23:15: see CAREFULLY, EXACTLY.

C-3 Adverb Strong's Number: g5046 Greek: teleios

Perfect (Adjective and Verb), Perfectly:

"perfectly," is so translated in 1Pe 1:13, RV (AV, "to the end"), of setting one's hope on coming grace.
See END.

Notes:

(1) In Rev 3:2, AV, pleroo, "to fulfill," is translated "perfect" (RV, "fulfilled").

(2) For the adverb akribos in Luk 1:3, AV, see ACCURATELY; in Act 24:22, AV, see EXACT.

(3) For the noun akribeia in Act 22:3, see MANNER.

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