What does καταρτισμός (katartismós) mean in the Bible?
καταρτισμός (katartismós): Complete equipping or fitting out of something to full functionality and readiness for its purpose
Greek · G2677
καταρτισμός
Complete furnishing (objectively)
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καταρτισμός G2677
Pronunciation katartismós
What does καταρτισμός (katartismós) mean in the Bible?
καταρτισμός (katartismós): Complete equipping or fitting out of something to full functionality and readiness for its purpose
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How does the BSB render G2677?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include to equip (1).
Where does καταρτισμός (katartismós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 4:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Ephesians (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 It to equip 1× Ephesians 4:12
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Usage map
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First aligned row Ephesians 4:12
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Ephesians 1
Source forms
καταρτισμὸν 1x katartismon Ephesians 4:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Ephesians 4:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Complete equipping or fitting out of something to full functionality and readiness for its purpose
Strong's G2677
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 4:7-16 Source Gloss
complete furnishing (objectively)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 4:12 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
καταρτισμὸν katartismon
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Eph 4:12 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
The equipment or outfitting of saints for the work of ministry and building up the body of Christ
Word Origins
καταρτισμός is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain