What does κατάρτισις (katártisis) mean in the Bible?
κατάρτισις (katártisis) is a Greek word meaning "thorough equipment (subjectively)".
Greek · G2676
κατάρτισις
Thorough equipment (subjectively)
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κατάρτισιςG2676
Pronunciationkatártisis
What does κατάρτισις (katártisis) mean in the Bible?
κατάρτισις (katártisis) is a Greek word meaning "thorough equipment (subjectively)".
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How does the BSB render G2676?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include perfection (1).
Where does κατάρτισις (katártisis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Corinthians 13:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itperfection1×2 Corinthians 13:9
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Usage map
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First aligned row2 Corinthians 13:9
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
2 Corinthians1
Source forms
κατάρτισιν1xkatartisin2 Corinthians 13:9
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1x2 Corinthians 13:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. thorough equipment (subjectively)
Strong'sG2676
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
thorough equipment (subjectively)
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(καταρτίζω), a strengthening, making fit: in ethical sense, 2Co.13:9.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Corinthians 13:9Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κατάρτισιν.katartisin
a perfecting
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine2 Cor 13:91×
Word Origins
κατάρτισις is built from this root: