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Complete, Completion, Completely
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "to complete:" see ACCOMPLISH , No. 4.
"to fit out" (ek, "out," intensive, artos, "a joint;" or from artios, perfect, lit., "exactly right"), is said of the equipment of the man of God, 2 Timothy 3:17 , "furnished completely" (AV, "throughly furnished"); elsewhere in Acts 21:5 , "accomplished." Cp. B. See FURNISH.
"to end together, bring quite to an end" (sun, "together," intensive, telos, "an end"), is said (a) of the "completion" of a period of days, Luke 4:2; Acts 21:27; (b) of "completing" something; some mss. have it in Matthew 7:28 , of the Lord, in ending His discourse (the best mss. have teleo, "to finish"); of God, in finishing a work, Romans 9:28 , in making a new covenant, Hebrews 8:8 , marg., "accomplish;" of the fulfillment of things foretold, Mark 13:4; of the Devil's temptation of the Lord, Luke 4:13 . See END , FINISH , FULFILL , MAKE.
"to fill" (in the Passive Voice, "to be made full"), is translated "complete" in the AV of Colossians 2:10 (RV, "made full;" cp. ver. 9). See ACCOMPLISH.
"to be fully assured," is translated "complete" in Colossians 4:12 . See ASSURED, B, No. 2.
"fitted, complete" (from artos, "a limb, joint"), is used in 2 Timothy 3:17 , RV, "complete," AV, "perfect." See PERFECT.
is rendered "complete" in Luke 14:28 , RV.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Complete, Completion, Completely'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/complete-completion-completely.html. 1940.
