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Perfect (205 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. 4. (n.)
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense. ...PERFECT; PERFECTION. ...
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Perfection (30 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite
is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral ...
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Whole-hearted (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Whole-hearted (6 Occurrences). Deuteronomy
18:13 Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God. (See JPS). ...
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Blameless (81 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 18:13 You shall be perfect with Yahweh your God. (See NAS RSV NIV). ... 2
Samuel 22:24 I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity. ...
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Unchangeableness (1 Occurrence)
... in His nature and perfections, in His knowledge, will and purpose, He always remains
the same in the fullness of His infinite and perfect Being; infinitely ...
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Unchangeable (4 Occurrences)
... in His nature and perfections, in His knowledge, will and purpose, He always remains
the same in the fullness of His infinite and perfect Being; infinitely ...
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Loyal (15 Occurrences)
... merciful. With the perfect man you will show yourself perfect. (See RSV). ... merciful.
With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect. (See RSV). ...
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Feareth (36 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:
because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. ...
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Foreknowledge (2 Occurrences)
... God's knowledge, according to the Scripture, is perfect, that is, it is
omniscience. ... God's knowledge, then, is represented as perfect. ...
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Foreknow (1 Occurrence)
... God's knowledge, according to the Scripture, is perfect, that is, it is
omniscience. ... God's knowledge, then, is represented as perfect. ...
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Bible Concordance
Perfect (205 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 6:22 The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,
(YLT)

Matthew 8:26 "Why are you so easily frightened," He replied, "you men of little faith?" Then He rose and reproved the winds and the waves, and there was a perfect calm;
(WEY NAS)

Matthew 14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
(Root in KJV WEY)

Matthew 15:31 so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave the glory to the God of Israel.
(WEY)

Matthew 19:21 Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Matthew 21:16 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read,'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Mark 4:28 Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.
(WEY)

Mark 4:39 So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.
(WEY NAS)

Luke 1:3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
(KJV WBS)

Luke 6:40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 7:10 And the friends who had been sent, on returning to the house, found the servant in perfect health.
(WEY)

Luke 13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

John 5:9 Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk.
(WEY)

John 7:23 If a child is circumcised even on a Sabbath day, are you bitter against me because I have restored a man to perfect health on a Sabbath day?
(WEY)

John 15:11 "These things I have spoken to you in order that I may have joy in you, and that your joy may become perfect.
(WEY)

John 17:23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you loved me.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 3:16 By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 4:10 be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that through the name of Jesus the Anointed, the Nazarene, whom *you* crucified, but whom *God* has raised from among the dead-- through that name this man stands here before you in perfect health.
(WEY)

Acts 20:24 But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.
(WEY)

Acts 21:40 So with his permission Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand to the people to be quiet; and when there was perfect silence he addressed them in Hebrew.
(WEY)

Acts 22:3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
(KJV WBS)

Acts 24:2 So Paul was sent for, and Tertullus began to impeach him as follows: "Indebted as we are," he said, "to you, most noble Felix, for the perfect peace which we enjoy, and for reforms which your wisdom has introduced to this nation,
(WEY)

Acts 24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
(KJV WBS)

Romans 6:19 your human infirmity leads me to employ these familiar figures--and just as you once surrendered your faculties into bondage to Impurity and ever-increasing disregard of Law, so you must now surrender them into bondage to Righteousness ever advancing towards perfect holiness.
(WEY)

Romans 12:2 Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

1 Corinthians 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Corinthians 13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, become not children in the understanding, but in the evil be ye babes, and in the understanding become ye perfect;
(YLT)

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 7:16 I rejoice that in everything I am of good courage concerning you.
(See RSV)

2 Corinthians 12:9 He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Galatians 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Ephesians 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
(KJV WBS YLT)

Ephesians 6:24 May grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with perfect sincerity.
(WEY)

Philippians 1:6 For of this I am confident, that He who has begun a good work within you will go on to perfect it in preparation for the day of Jesus Christ.
(WEY ASV NAS)

Philippians 1:20 in fulfilment of my eager expectation and hope that I shall never have reason to feel ashamed, but that by my perfect freedom of speech Christ will be glorified in me, now as always, either by my life or by my death.
(WEY)

Philippians 3:12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Philippians 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Colossians 1:28 whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

Colossians 3:14 Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Thessalonians 3:10 night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face, and may perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He will also perfect His work.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 1:16 However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
(See NAS RSV)

1 Timothy 5:2 the elder women too as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, with perfect modesty.
(WEY)

2 Timothy 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
(KJV WEY WBS)

Titus 2:10 but manifesting perfect fidelity and kind feeling, in order to bring honour to the teaching of our Saviour, God, in all things.
(WEY)

Titus 3:2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
(See RSV)

Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 5:9 Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 5:14 and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.
(YLT)

Hebrews 7:19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 7:28 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.
(Root in WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 9:9 which is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshipper perfect;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hebrews 9:11 But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 10:14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 11:40 God having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:23 to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

James 1:4 Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 1:25 But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

James 2:22 You see that faith worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

James 3:2 For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 1:13 Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
(Root in ASV DBY YLT)

1 Peter 5:10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 John 2:20 As for you, you have an anointing from the holy One and have perfect knowledge.
(WEY)

1 John 2:28 And now, dear children, continue in union with Him; so that, if He re-appears, we may have perfect confidence, and may not shrink away in shame from His presence at His Coming.
(WEY)

1 John 3:21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have perfect confidence towards God;
(WEY)

1 John 4:17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 3:2 Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV)

Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 12:5 a lamb, a perfect one, a male, a son of a year, let be to you; from the sheep or from the goats ye do take 'it'.
(YLT)

Exodus 29:1 And this 'is' the thing which thou dost to them, to hallow them, for being priests to Me: Take one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams, perfect ones,
(YLT)

Leviticus 1:3 If his offering 'is' a burnt-offering out of the herd -- a male, a perfect one, he doth bring near, unto the opening of the tent of meeting he doth bring it near, at his pleasure, before Jehovah;
(YLT)

Leviticus 1:10 And if his offering 'is' out of the flock -- out of the sheep or out of the goats -- for a burnt-offering, a male, a perfect one, he doth bring near,
(YLT)

Leviticus 3:1 And if his offering 'is' a sacrifice of peace-offerings, if out of the herd he is bringing near, whether male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near before Jehovah,
(YLT)

Leviticus 3:6 And if his offering 'is' out of the flock for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near;
(YLT)

Leviticus 4:3 If the priest who is anointed doth sin according to the guilt of the people, then he hath brought near for his sin which he hath sinned a bullock, a son of the herd, a perfect one, to Jehovah, for a sin-offering,
(YLT)

Leviticus 4:23 or his sin wherein he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a male, a perfect one,
(YLT)

Leviticus 4:28 or his sin which he hath sinned hath been made known unto him, then he hath brought in his offering, a kid of the goats, a perfect one, a female, for his sin which he hath sinned,
(YLT)

Leviticus 4:32 And if he bring in a sheep 'for' his offering, for a sin-offering, a female, a perfect one, he doth bring in,
(YLT)

Leviticus 5:15 When a person committeth a trespass, and hath sinned through ignorance against the holy things of Jehovah, then he hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy valuation 'in' silver -- shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary -- for a guilt-offering.
(YLT)

Leviticus 5:18 Then he hath brought in a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy valuation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest; and the priest hath made atonement for him, for his ignorance in which he hath erred and he hath not known, and it hath been forgiven him;
(YLT)

Leviticus 6:6 And his guilt-offering he bringeth in to Jehovah, a ram, a perfect one, out of the flock, at thy estimation, for a guilt-offering, unto the priest,
(YLT)

Leviticus 9:2 and he saith unto Aaron, 'Take to thyself a calf, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, perfect ones, and bring near before Jehovah.
(YLT)

Leviticus 9:3 And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and a calf, and a lamb, sons of a year, perfect ones, for a burnt-offering,
(YLT)

Leviticus 14:10 And on the eighth day he taketh two lambs, perfect ones, and one ewe-lamb, daughter of a year, a perfect one, and three tenth deals of flour 'for' a present, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
(YLT)

Leviticus 22:19 at your pleasure a perfect one, a male of the herd, of the sheep or of the goats;
(YLT)

Leviticus 22:21 Whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh to accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Leviticus 23:12 And ye have prepared in the day of your waving the sheaf a lamb, a perfect one, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering to Jehovah,
(YLT)

Leviticus 23:15 And ye have numbered to you from the morrow of the sabbath, from the day of your bringing in the sheaf of the wave-offering: they are seven perfect sabbaths;
(YLT)

Leviticus 23:18 And ye have brought near, besides the bread, seven lambs, perfect ones, sons of a year, and one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams; they are a burnt-offering to Jehovah, with their present and their libations, a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.
(YLT)

Leviticus 25:30 and if it is not redeemed until the fulness to him of a perfect year, then hath the house which 'is' in a walled city been established to extinction to the buyer of it, to his generations; it goeth not out in the jubilee;
(YLT)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (a.) Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.

2. (a.) Well informed; certain; sure.

3. (a.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.

4. (n.) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

5. (v.) To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PERFECT; PERFECTION

pur'-fekt, per-fek'-shun (shalem, tamim; teleios, teleiotes):

1. In the Old Testament:

"Perfect" in the Old Testament is the translation of shalem, "finished," "whole," "complete," used (except in Deuteronomy 25:15, "perfect weight") of persons, e.g. a "perfect heart," i.e. wholly or completely devoted to Yahweh (1 Kings 8:61, etc.; 1 Chronicles 12:38 Isaiah 38:3, etc.); tamim, "complete," "perfect," "sound or unblemished," is also used of persons and of God, His way, and law ("Noah was a just man and perfect," the Revised Version margin "blameless" (Genesis 6:9); "As for God, his way is perfect" (Psalm 18:30); "The law of Yahweh is perfect" (Psalm 19:7), etc.); tam, with the same, meaning, occurs only in Job, except twice in Psalms (Job 1:1, 8; Job 2:3, etc.; Psalm 37:37; Psalm 64:4); kalil, "complete," and various other words are translated "perfect."

Perfection is the translation of various words so translated once only: kalil (Lamentations 2:15); mikhlal, "completeness" (Psalm 50:2); minleh, "possession" (Job 15:29, the King James Version "neither shall the prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth," the American Standard Revised Version "neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth," margin "their produce bend to the earth"; the English Revised Version reverses this text and margin); tikhlah, "completeness," or "perfection (Psalm 119:96); takhlith (twice), "end," "completeness" (Job 11:7, "Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?" 28:3, "searcheth out all the Revised Version (British and American) the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "to the furthest bound"; compare Job 26:10, "unto the confines of light and darkness"); tom, "perfect," "completeness" (Isaiah 47:9, the King James Version "They shall come upon thee in their perfection," the Revised Version (British and American) "in their full measure"). the Revised Version margin gives the meaning of "the Urim and the Thummim" (Exodus 28:30 etc.) as "the Lights and the Perfections."

2. In the New Testament:

In the New Testament "perfect" is usually the tr of teleios, primarily, "having reached the end," "term," "limit," hence, "complete," "full," "perfect" (Matthew 5:48, "Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect"; Matthew 19:21, "if thou wouldst be perfect; Ephesians 4:13, the King James Version "till we all come.... unto a perfect man," the Revised Version (British and American) "full-grown"; Philippians 3:15, "as many as are perfect," the American Revised Version margin "full-grown"; 1 Corinthians 2:6 Colossians 1:28, "perfect in Christ"; 4:12; James 3:2 margin, etc.).

Other words are teleioo. "to perfect," "to end," "complete" (Luke 13:32, "The third day I am perfected," the Revised Version margin "end my course"; John 17:23, "perfected into one"; 2 Corinthians 12:9 Philippians 3:12, the Revised Version (British and American) "made perfect"; Hebrews 2:10, etc.); also epiteleo, "to bring through to an end" (2 Corinthians 7:1, "perfecting holiness in the fear of God"; Galatians 3:3, "Are ye now made perfect by the flesh?" the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "perfected in the flesh," margin "Do ye now make an end in the flesh?"); katartizo "to make quite ready," "to make complete," is translated "perfect," "to perfect" (Matthew 21:16, "perfected praise"; Luke 6:40, "Every one when he is perfected shall be as his teacher"; 1 Corinthians 1:10 2 Corinthians 13:11, "be perfected"; 1 Thessalonians 3:10 1 Peter 5:10, the Revised Version margin "restore"); akribos, "accurately," "diligently," is translated "perfect" (Luke 1:3, "having had perfect understanding," the Revised Version (British and American) "having traced.... accurately"; Acts 18:26 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "more accurately"). We have also artios, "fitted," "perfected" (2 Timothy 3:7, the Revised Version (British and American) "complete"); pleroo, "to fill," "to make full" (Revelation 3:2, the American Standard Revised Version "perfected," the English Revised Version "fulfilled"); katartismos, "complete adjustment," "perfecting" (Ephesians 4:12, "for the perfecting of the saints").

Perfection is the translation of katartisis "thorough adjustment," "fitness" (2 Corinthians 13:9, the Revised Version (British and American) "perfecting"); of teleiosis (Hebrews 7:11); of teleiotess (Hebrews 6:1, the Revised Version margin "full growth"); it is translated "perfectness" (Colossians 3:14); "perfection" in Luke 8:14 is the translation of telesphoreo, "to bear on to completion or perfection." In Apocrypha "perfect," "perfection," etc., are for the most part the translation of words from telos, "the end," e.g. The Wisdom of Solomon 4:13; Ecclesiasticus 34:8; 44:17:00; 45:8, suntelia "full end"; 24:28:00; 50:11:00.

The Revised Version (British and American) has "perfect" for "upright" (2 Samuel 22:24, 26 twice); for "sound" (Psalm 119:80); for "perform" (Philippians 1:16); for "undefiled" (Psalm 119:1, margin "upright in way"); for "perfect peace, and at such a time" (Ezra 7:12), "perfect and so forth"; for "He maketh my way perfect" (2 Samuel 22:33), "He guideth the perfect in his way," margin "or, `setteth free.' According to another reading, `guideth my way in perfectness' "; "shall himself perfect," margin "restore," for, "make you perfect" (1 Peter 5:10); "perfecter" for "finisher" (Hebrews 12:2); "perfectly" is omitted in the Revised Version (British and American) (Matthew 14:36); "set your hope perfectly on" for the King James Version "hope to the end for" (1 Peter 1:13).

3. The Christian Ideal:

Perfection is the Christian ideal and aim, but inasmuch as that which God has set before us is infinite-"Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48)-absolute perfection must be forever beyond, not only any human, but any finite, being; it is a divine ideal forever shining before us, calling us upward, and making endless progression possible. As noted above, the perfect man, in the Old Testament phrase, was the man whose heart was truly or wholly devoted to God. Christian perfection must also have its seat in such a heart, but it implies the whole conduct and the whole man, conformed thereto as knowledge grows and opportunity arises, or might be found. There may be, of course, a relative perfection, e.g. of the child as a child compared with that of the man. The Christian ought to be continually moving onward toward perfection, looking to Him who is able to "make you perfect in every good thing (or work) to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen (Hebrews 13:21).

W. L. Walker

Greek
5048. teleioo -- to bring to an end, to complete, perfect
... to bring to an end, to complete, perfect. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
teleioo Phonetic Spelling: (tel-io'-o) Short Definition: I complete, accomplish ...
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5046. teleios -- having reached its end, ie complete, by ext. ...
... perfect. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: teleios Phonetic Spelling:
(tel'-i-os) Short Definition: perfect, full-grown Definition: perfect, (a ...
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3651. holoteles -- complete, perfect
... complete, perfect. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: holoteles Phonetic
Spelling: (hol-ot-el-ace') Short Definition: perfect, complete Definition ...
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5052. telesphoreo -- to bring fruit to perfection, hence to bear ...
... to bring fruit to perfection, hence to bear perfect offspring. Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: telesphoreo Phonetic Spelling: (tel-es-for-eh'-o) Short ...
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3647. holokleria -- completeness, soundness
... soundness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: holokleria Phonetic Spelling:
(hol-ok-lay-ree'-ah) Short Definition: perfect soundness Definition ...
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2005. epiteleo -- to complete, accomplish
... accomplish. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epiteleo Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ee-tel-eh'-o) Short Definition: I complete, accomplish, perfect Definition: ...
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739. artios -- fitted, complete
... fitted, complete. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: artios Phonetic Spelling:
(ar'-tee-os) Short Definition: perfect, complete Definition: perfect ...
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3648. holokleros -- complete, entire
... Adjective Transliteration: holokleros Phonetic Spelling: (hol'-ok'-lay-ros) Short
Definition: complete in every part, sound, perfect Definition: complete in ...
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2675. katartizo -- to complete, prepare
... and mid: I prepare, perfect, for his (its) full destination or use, bring into its
proper condition (whether for the first time, or after a lapse). ...
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658. apoteleo -- to bring to an end, complete
... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apoteleo Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ot-el-eh'-
o) Short Definition: I complete, accomplish, form fully, perfect Definition: I ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3634. kalal -- to complete, perfect
... kalal. 3635 . to complete, perfect. Transliteration: kalal Phonetic Spelling:
(kaw-lal') Short Definition: perfected. Word Origin a prim. ... make perfect. ...
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4360. maklul -- a thing made perfect, probably a gorgeous garment
... maklul. 4361 . a thing made perfect, probably a gorgeous garment. Transliteration:
maklul Phonetic Spelling: (mik-lool') Short Definition: garments. ...
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3147. Yotham -- "the LORD is perfect," three Israelites
... 3146, 3147. Yotham. 3148 . "the LORD is perfect," three Israelites.
Transliteration: Yotham Phonetic Spelling: (yo-thawm') Short Definition: Jotham. ...
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1585. gemar -- to complete
... gemar. 1586 . to complete. Transliteration: gemar Phonetic Spelling: (ghem-ar')
Short Definition: perfect. ... perfect. (Aramaic) corresponding to gamar -- perfect ...
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8549. tamim -- complete, sound
... complete, sound NASB Word Usage blameless (22), blamelessly (1), complete (1), entire
(1), full (1), intact (1), integrity (4), perfect (5), sincerity (1 ...
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8535. tam -- complete
... Origin from tamam Definition complete NASB Word Usage blameless (5), blameless man
(1), complete (2), guiltless (3), integrity (1), peaceful (1), perfect one (2 ...
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7965. shalom -- completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
... friends* (2), greet (1), greet* (5), greeted* (1), health (1), how (1), Peace (2),
peace (153), peaceably (1), peaceful (2), peacefully (3), perfect peace (1 ...
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3632. kalil -- entire, whole, a holocaust
... 3631, 3632. kalil. 3633 . entire, whole, a holocaust. Transliteration: kalil
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-leel') Short Definition: perfect. ...
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4357. miklah -- completeness, perfection
... perfect. From kalah; completion (in plural concrete adverbial, wholly) -- perfect.
Compare mikla'ah. see HEBREW kalah. see HEBREW mikla'ah. 4356, 4357. ...
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1584. gamar -- to end, come to an end, complete
... cease, come to an end, fail, perfect, perform. A primitive root; to end
(in the sense of completion or failure) -- cease, come to ...
/hebrew/1584.htm - 6k

Library

The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises
The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises. <. The Form of Perfect
Living and Other Prose Treatises Richard Rolle of Hampole. ...
/.../rolle/the form of perfect living and other prose treatises/

Whether God is Perfect?
... THE PERFECTION OF GOD (THREE ARTICLES) Whether God is perfect? ... For we say a thing
is perfect if it is completely made. But it does not befit God to be made. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether god is perfect.htm

The Perfect Sacrifice
... The Perfect Sacrifice. I place an offering at thy shrine, From taint and blemish
clear,. Simple and pure in its design,. Of all that I hold dear. ...
/.../the perfect sacrifice.htm

His Perfect Holiness.
... THE PERSON OF CHRIST. HIS PERFECT HOLINESS. ... But how is it with Christ? He fully
carried out his perfect doctrine in his life and conduct. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/schaff/the person of christ/his perfect holiness.htm

Whether God is Perfect
... Article One Whether God is Perfect. Whether God is Perfect ... To be perfect means
to be made complete, and we cannot say that God is made. ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article one whether god is 2.htm

The Realization of Perfect Peace
... THE REALIZATION OF PERFECT PEACE. ... Bring every thought, every impulse, every desire
into perfect obedience to the divine power resident within you. ...
/.../allen/the way of peace/the realization of perfect peace.htm

Whether Whoever is Perfect is in the State of Perfection?
... Whether whoever is perfect is in the state of perfection? Objection 1: It would
seem that whoever is perfect is in the state of perfection. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether whoever is perfect is.htm

The Perfect Heart.
... CHAPTER VIII. THE PERFECT HEART. For the eyes of the Lord ran to and fro
throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself strong in the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/booth/godliness/chapter viii the perfect heart.htm

Concerning "Perfect" and "One".
... DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE, ON DIVINE NAMES. CAPUT XIII. Concerning "Perfect"
and "One". SECTION I. So much then on these matters; but ...
/.../dionysius/dionysis on divine names/caput xiii concerning perfect and.htm

Whether Charity Can be Perfect in this Life?
... OF THE SUBJECT OF CHARITY (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether charity can be perfect
in this life? Objection 1: It would seem that charity ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether charity can be perfect.htm

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