Words the Bible translates as perfect
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tamimתָּמִיםwithout blemish: physically whole and sound, with nothing missing, broken, or damaged
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- blameless: whole in character and conduct, undivided in loyalty to God, with nothing false or double held back
- Thummim: the sacred lot used with the Urim to seek God's answer
- teleioōτελειόωto bring something all the way to its intended goal: to complete, finish, or make full and mature.
- 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
- kalilכָּלִילcomplete in every part: all of something, with nothing left out or held back
- kalalכָּלַלto perfectnot studied yet
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