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Perfection

κατάρτισιςStrong’s G2676

katartisis

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Katartisis is the Greek word usually translated “perfection”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.”
2 Corinthians 13:9 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “perfection”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • perfection 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Corinthians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    κατάρτισις katartisis · perfection

    κατ-άρτισις, -εως, ἡ (καταρτίζω), a strengthening, making fit: in ethical sense, 2Co.13:9.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “perfection” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    PERFEC'TION, noun

    [Latin perfectio.]

    The state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; as perfection in an art or science; perfection in a system of morals.

    1. Physical perfection is when a natural object has all its powers, faculties or qualities entire and in full vigor, and all its parts in due proportion.
    2. Metaphysical or transcendental perfection is the possession of all the essential attributes or all the parts necessary to the integrity of a substance.
    3. Moral perfection is the complete possession of all moral excellence, as in the Supreme Being; or the possession of such moral qualities and virtues as a thing is capable of.
    4. A quality, endowment or acquirement completely excellent, or of great worth.
    All definitions
    1. An inherent or essential attribute of supreme or infinite excellence; or one perfect in its kind; as the perfections of God.
    2. Exactness; as, to imitate a model to perfection

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.