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katartismós

equipping, making ready

Say it: kat-ar-tis-MOS (approximate)

καταρτισμός

What it means

The act of preparing or fitting out (the noun from katartizō, "to mend" or "equip"). In 4:12, the gifts are "for the equipping of the saints for the work of service." It appears only here in the New Testament.

Range of meaning

  • EquippingPreparing for use.
  • PerfectingMaking complete.

In Ephesians

  • Chapter 4

    "For the perfecting of the saints" (4:12).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G2677 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources