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C. Adverbs.
1. ( $ , 199), accurately, is translated “perfectly” in 1 Thess. 5:2, where
it suggests that Paul and his companions were careful ministers of the Word. See
ACCURATELY, and see Note (2) below.
2. ( $ ! $, 197), the comparative degree of No. 1, Acts 18:26;
23:15: see CAREFULLY, EXACTLY.
3. ( & , 5049), “perfectly,” is so translated in 1 Pet. 1:13, RV (KJV, “to the
end”), of setting one’s hope on coming grace. See END.¶
Notes: (1) In Rev. 3:2, KJV, , “to fulfill,” is translated “perfect” (RV,
“fulfilled”). (2) For the adverb in Luke 1:3, KJV, see ACCURATELY; in Acts 24:22,
KJV, see EXACT. (3) For the noun in Acts 22:3, see MANNER.
PERFECTION, PERFECTING (noun), PERFECTNESS
A. Nouns.
1. (1$ , 2676), “a making fit,” is used figuratively in an ethical
sense in 2 Cor. 13:9, RV, “perfecting” (KJV, “perfection”), implying a process leading to
consummation (akin to , see PERFECT, B, No. 3).¶
2. ($ , 2677) denotes, in much the same way as No. 1, “a
fitting or preparing fully,” Eph. 4:12.¶
3. ( & , 5050) denotes “a fulfillment, completion, perfection, an end
accomplished as the effect of a process,” Heb. 7:11; in Luke 1:45, RV, “fulfillment” (KJV,
“performance”).¶
4. ( , 5047) denotes much the same as No. 3, but stressing perhaps
the actual accomplishment of the end in view, Col. 3:14, “perfectness”; Heb. 6:1,
“perfection.”¶ In the Sept., Judg. 9:16, 19; Prov. 11:3; Jer. 2:2.¶
B. Verb.
( $! , 5052), “to bring to a completion” or “an end in view”
( , “an end,” , “to bear”), is said of plants, Luke 8:14.¶
PERFORM, PERFORMANCE
1. ( ! , 5055), “to finish,” is translated “performed” in Luke 2:39, KJV : see
ACCOMPLISH, No. 3.
2. ( ! , 658), “to bring to an end, accomplish,” is translated “I
perform” in Luke 13:32, RV (KJV , “I do”); some mss. have No. 3; in Jas. 1:15, it is used of
sin, “fullgrown” RV (KJV , “finished”). See FINISH, Note 2.¶
3. (# ! , 2005), Rom. 15:28, KJV , “performed” (RV, “accomplished”); 2
Cor. 8:11, KJV , “perform” (RV, “complete”); Phil. 1:6, KJV, “perform” ( RV, “perfect”): see
ACCOMPLISH, No. 4.
4. ( ! , 4160), “to do,” is translated “to perform” in Rom. 4:21; in Luke
1:72, KJV (RV, “to show”). See SHEW.