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2.
(
!
, 5046*), the comparative degree of No. 1, is used in Heb. 9:11,
of the very presence of God.¶
3.
(
/$
, 739) is translated “perfect” in 2 Tim. 3:17: see
COMPLETE
, B.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
, 5048), “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, Luke 13:32; Heb. 2:10,
to make Him “perfect,” legally and officially, for all that He would be to His people on
the ground of His sacrifice; cf. 5:9; 7:28,
RV
, “perfected” (
KJV
, “consecrated”); of His
saints, John 17:23,
RV
, “perfected” (
KJV
, “made perfect”); Phil. 3:12; Heb. 10:14; 11:40
(of resurrection glory); 12:23 (of the departed saints); 1 John 4:18, of former priests
(negatively), Heb. 9:9; similarly of Israelites under the Aaronic priesthood, 10:1; (b) of
things, Heb. 7:19 (of the ineffectiveness of the Law); Jas. 2:22 (of faith made “perfect”
by works); 1 John 2:5, of the love of God operating through him who keeps His word;
4:12, of the love of God in the case of those who love one another; 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.”
2.
(
# !
, 2005), “to bring through to the end” ( , intensive, in the sense
of “fully,” and
, “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 2 Cor. 7:1, “perfecting (holiness)”; in Phil. 1:6,
RV
, “will
perfect (it),”
KJV
, “will perform.” See
ACCOMPLISH
, No. 4.
3.
(
$ &
, 2675), “to render fit, complete” (
), “is used of
mending nets, Matt. 4:21; Mark 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, Heb.
11:3, ‘framed;’ it points out the path of progress, as in Matt. 21:16; Luke 6:40; cf. 2 Cor.
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, Heb. 13:21, and in exhortation, 1 Cor. 1:10,
RV
, ‘perfected’ (
KJV
,
‘perfectly joined’); 2 Cor. 13:11, as well as his conviction of God’s purpose for them, 1
Pet. 5:10. It is used of the Incarnation of the Word in Heb. 10:5, ‘prepare,’ quoted from
Ps. 40:6 (Sept.), where it is apparently intended to describe the unique creative act
involved in the Virgin Birth, Luke 1:35. In 1 Thess. 3:10 it means to supply what is
necessary, as the succeeding words show.”* See
FIT
, B, No. 3.¶
Note:
Cf.
@
, rendered “furnished completely,” in 2 Tim. 3:17,
RV
; see
ACCOMPLISH
, No. 1.
* Intensives, diminuitives, comparatives, or similar forms of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a single asterisk (for instance,
, from
is
1652*).
* From
Notes on Thessalonians
by Hogg and Vine, p. 101.