"a making fit," is used figuratively in an ethical sense in 2Co 13:9, RV, "perfecting" (AV, "perfection"), implying a process leading to consummation (akin to katartizo, see PERFECT, B, No. 3).
denotes, in much the same way as No. 1, "a fitting or preparing fully," Eph 4:12. denotes "a fulfillment, completion, perfection, and end accomplished as the effect of a process," Heb 7:11; in Luk 1:45, RV, "fulfillment" (AV, "performance"). 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., Jdg 9:16, Jdg 9:19, Pro 11:3, Jer 2:2. "to bring to a completion" or "an end in view" (telos, "an end," phero, "to bear"), is said of plants, Luk 8:14.
