Words the Bible translates as complete
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 17 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- holosὅλοςwhole: one thing taken in its full extent, with nothing of it left out
- sunteleōσυντελέωto completenot studied yet
- plēroōπληρόωto complete something so that it reaches its full extent: a stretch of time runs its course, a set number is reached, or a task is carried all the way through
+2 more meanings
- to fill something up, so that it lacks nothing: a space with what occupies it, or a person with a quality that takes them over
- to fulfill: to bring a word, promise, prediction, or requirement to its full and intended reality
- plēthō, pimplēmiπλήθω, πίμπλημιto make completely full: to fill a space, flood a person with something, or bring a set time to its full measure
- plērēsπλήρηςfull: holding all it can, so that nothing more will fit and nothing needed is missing
- salemשָׁלֵםto pay back in full: to give a person exactly what their deeds or debts have earned, whether restitution, reward, or punishment
+3 more meanings
- to pay a vow: to discharge in full a promise made to God by handing over exactly what was pledged
- to be whole and finished, or to bring something to its finish: to reach completion, or to carry a work through to its end
- to make peace with someone, or to be at peace with them: to end hostility and stand in settled, friendly relations
- maleמָלֵאfull: holding or charged with as much as it can take, or amounting to the complete measure
- teleōτελέωto bring something all the way to its appointed end: to finish, complete, or fully carry out.
- teleioōτελειόωto bring something all the way to its intended goal: to complete, finish, or make full and mature.
- epiteleōἐπιτελέωto bring fully to completion: to finish what was begun, or carry an appointed task all the way through
- teleiosτέλειοςbrought all the way to its proper goal: whole, complete, and lacking nothing it should have
- katartizōκαταρτίζωto put something into the sound, complete condition it ought to be in: to mend, restore, prepare, or fully equip
- shalemשָׁלֵםwhole, complete, intact: undivided and lacking nothing, whether a physical object that is entire, a full amount, a person who is safe, or a heart given wholly to God
- tamתָּםwhole and complete, with nothing lacking or false in it: sound and entire, and of a person, of undivided integrity
- kelalכְּלַלto finish a building: to carry construction work through to the point where the structure stands complete.
- apoteleōἀποτελέωto completenot studied yet
- gemarגְּמַרto completenot studied yet
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