side note on the subject of PERFECT:
The Greek word teleioi, found in Matthew 5:48, does not mean "flawless" or "spotless".
Rather, it means "complete".
Ephesians 4:13
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Colossians 1:28
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every
man perfect in Christ Jesus:
1 Corinthians 13
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for
knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect
comes, the partial will pass away.
The Greek word teleioi, found in Matthew 5:48, does not mean "flawless" or "spotless".
Rather, it means "complete".
Ephesians 4:13
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Colossians 1:28
Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every
man perfect in Christ Jesus:
1 Corinthians 13
8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for
knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect
comes, the partial will pass away.
PERFECT occurs 99 times in 94 verses in the KJV
There are 24 variants of the word PERFECT, 14 in the Old, 10 in the New (24 in all)
Strongs:
HEBREW (Old Testament)
1) H1584, gamar --------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
2) H1585, gĕmar (Aramaic) --- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
3) H3559, kuwn ----------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
4) H3632, kaliyl ----------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
5) H3634, kalal ------------------ Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
6) H4357, miklah ---------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
7) H7965, shalowm ------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
8) H7999, shalam --------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
9) H8003, shalem --------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
10) H8503, takliyth ------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
11)H8535, tam ------------------ Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
12) H8537, tom ----------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
13) H8549, tamiym ------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
14) H8552, tamam -------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
GREEK (New Testament)
1/15) G195, akribeia ------------ Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
2/16) G197, akribesteron ------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
3/17) G199, akribōs ------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
4/18) G739, artios --------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
5/19) G2005, epiteleō ----------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
6/20) G2675, katartizō ---------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
7/21) G3647, holoklēria --------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
8/22) G4137, plēroō ------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
9/23) G5046, teleios ------------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
10/24) G5048, teleioō ----------- Reference (Link): -->> Blue Letter Bible - Lexicon
PERFECT
OLD TESTAMENT (HEBREW)
PERFECT - Deu 18:13 Thou shalt be perfect 8549 with the LORD thy God.
Strongs H8549, tamiym
1) complete, whole, entire, sound
a) complete, whole, entire
b) whole, sound, healthful
c) complete, entire (of time)
d) sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity
e) what is complete or entirely in accord with truth and fact (neuter adj/subst)
PERFECT - Deu 25:15 [But] thou shalt have a perfect 8003 and just weight, a perfect 8003
and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee.
Strongs H8003, shalem
1) complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole, full, at peace
a) complete
1) full, perfect
2) finished
b) safe, unharmed
c) peace (of covenant of peace, mind)
1) perfect, complete (of keeping covenant relation)
PERFECT - 2Ch 4:21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, [made he of] gold,
[and] that perfect 4357 gold;
Strongs H4357, miklah
1) completeness, perfection
PERFECT Ezr 7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the
God of heaven, perfect 1585 [peace], and at such a time.
Strongs H1585, gĕmar (Aramaic)
1) to complete
a) (P'al) perfect (pass participle)
PERFECT Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man
was perfect 8535 and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Strongs H8535, tam
1) perfect, complete
a) complete, perfect
1) one who lacks nothing in physical strength, beauty, etc
b) sound, wholesome
1) an ordinary, quiet sort of person
c) complete, morally innocent, having integrity
1) one who is morally and ethically pure
PERFECT - Job 22:3 [Is it] any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or [is it]
gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect 8552?
Strongs H8552, tamam
1) to be complete, be finished, be at an end
a) (Qal)
1) to be finished, be completed
a) completely, wholly, entirely (as auxiliary with verb)
2) to be finished, come to an end, cease
3) to be complete (of number)
4) to be consumed, be exhausted, be spent
5) to be finished, be consumed, be destroyed
6) to be complete, be sound, be unimpaired, be upright (ethically)
7) to complete, finish
8) to be completely crossed over
b) (Niphal) to be consumed
c) (Hiphil)
1) to finish, complete, perfect
2) to finish, cease doing, leave off doing
3) to complete, sum up, make whole
4) to destroy (uncleanness)
5) to make sound
d) (Hithpael) to deal in integrity, act uprightly
PERFECT - Psa 101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect 8549 way. O when wilt thou
come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect 8537 heart.
Strongs H8537, tom
1) integrity, completeness
a) completeness, fulness
b) innocence, simplicity
c) integrity
PERFECT - Psa 138:8 The LORD will perfect 1584 [that which] concerneth me: thy mercy , O
LORD, [endureth] for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Strongs H1584, gamar
1) to end, come to an end, complete, cease
a) (Qal)
1) to come to an end, be no more
2) to bring to an end, complete
2) (TWOT) to fail, perfect, perform
PERFECT - Psa 139:22 I hate them with perfect 8503 hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Strongs H8503, takliyth
1) end, perfection, consummation, completion, completeness
a) end
b) completeness
PERFECT - Pro 4:18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect 3559 day.
Strongs H3559, kuwn
1) to be firm, be stable, be established
a) (Niphal)
1) to be set up, be established, be fixed
a) to be firmly established
b) to be established, be stable, be secure, be enduring
c) to be fixed, be securely determined
2) to be directed aright, be fixed aright, be steadfast (moral sense)
3) to prepare, be ready
4) to be prepared, be arranged, be settled
b) (Hiphil)
1) to establish, set up, accomplish, do, make firm
2) to fix, make ready, prepare, provide, provide for, furnish
3) to direct toward (moral sense)
4) to arrange, order
c) (Hophal)
1) to be established, be fastened
2) to be prepared, be ready
d) (Polel)
1) to set up, establish
2) to constitute, make
3) to fix
4) to direct
e) (Pulal) to be established, be prepared
f) (Hithpolel) to be established, be restored
PERFECT - Isa 26:3 Thou wilt keep [him] in perfect 7965 peace, [whose] mind [is] stayed
[on thee]: because he trusteth in thee.
Strongs H7965, shalowm
1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
a) completeness (in number)
b) safety, soundness (in body)
c) welfare, health, prosperity
d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
e) peace, friendship
1) of human relationships
2) with God especially in covenant relationship
f) peace (from war)
g) peace (as adjective)
PERFECT - Isa 42:19 Who [is] blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger [that] I
sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect 7999, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
Strongs H7999, shalam
1) to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace
a) (Qal)
1) to be at peace
2) peaceful one (participle)
b) (Pual) one in covenant of peace (participle)
c) (Hiphil)
1) to make peace with
2) to cause to be at peace
d) (Hophal) to live in peace
2) to be complete, be sound
a) (Qal)
1) to be complete, be finished, be ended
2) to be sound, be uninjured
b) (Piel)
1) to complete, finish
2) to make safe
3) to make whole or good, restore, make compensation
4) to make good, pay
5) to requite, recompense, reward
c) (Pual)
1) to be performed
2) to be repaid, be requited
d) (Hiphil)
1) to complete, perform
2) to make an end of
PERFECT - Eze 16:14 And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it
[was] perfect 3632 through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord
GOD.
Strongs H3632, kaliyl
adj 1) entire, all, perfect
adv2) entirety
subst 3) whole, whole burnt offering, holocaust, entirety
PERFECT - Eze 27:11 The men of Arvad with thine army [were] upon thy walls round about,
and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round
about; they have made thy beauty perfect 3634
Strongs H3634, kalal
1) to complete, perfect, make complete, make perfect
a) (Qal) to perfect