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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; defective; deficient.

2. (a.) Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.

3. (a.) Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.

4. (n.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.

5. (v. t.) To make imperfect.

Greek

1510. eimi -- I exist, I am
... 1510 ("is, am") -- in the tense, indicative mood -- can be time-inclusive
("omnitemporal," like the Hebrew imperfect tense). Only ...
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5335. phasko -- to affirm, assert
... assert, affirm, profess. Cognate: 5335 (used as the imperfect tense of 5346 ,
see there) -- to (assert), () . See 5346 (). Word Origin ...
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2064. erchomai -- to come, go
... Middle voice of a primary verb (used only in the present and imperfect tenses, the
others being supplied by a kindred (middle voice) eleuthomai el-yoo'-thom ...
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3801. ho on kai ho en kai ho erchomenos -- to come
... to come Ho erchomenos (ho own kahee) ho ane kahee (ho er-khom'-en-os) a phrase
combining ho with the present participle and imperfect of eimi and the present ...
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3876. parakoe -- a hearing amiss, by impl. disobedience
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: parakoe Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak-o-
ay') Short Definition: disobedience Definition: disobedience, imperfect hearing ...
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2258. en -- agree, be, have charge of, hold, use.
... agree, be, have charge of, hold, use. Imperfect of eimi; I (thou, etc.) Was (wast
or were) -- + agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were. ...
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433. aneko -- to be fit, be proper
... (Col 3:18) (433 ) -- Note the imperfect tense ("was fitting"). [JB Lightfoot, "The
tense involved perhaps implies an essential () obligation" of what was "."]. ...
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2147. heurisko -- to find
... heuro (hyoo'-ro), which (together with another cognate form) heureo (hyoo-reh'-o)
is used for it in all the tenses except the present and imperfect to find ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1564. golem -- an embryo
... substance yet being imperfect. From galam; a wrapped (and unformed mass, ie As the
embryo) -- substance yet being unperfect. see HEBREW galam. 1563, 1564. ...
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Library

February the Fourteenth Imperfect Consecration
... FEBRUARY The Fourteenth IMPERFECT CONSECRATION. MATTHEW xix.16-22. The rich young
ruler consecrated a part, but was unwilling to consecrate the whole. ...
/.../february the fourteenth imperfect consecration.htm

That Without Imperfect Meekness Coming Before, it is Impossible ...
... HERE BEGINNETH THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER That without imperfect meekness coming before,
it is impossible for a sinner to come to the perfect Virtue of meekness in ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the fourteenth chapter.htm

Naaman's Imperfect Faith
... THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS NAAMAN'S IMPERFECT FAITH. 'And he returned to the
man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/naamans imperfect faith.htm

Perfect in Parts, Imperfect in Degrees.
... First Chapter. SANCTIFICATION. X. Perfect in Parts, Imperfect in Degrees. ... But
sanctification is imperfect in the degree of its development. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/x perfect in parts imperfect.htm

I am Imperfect in Many Things, Nevertheless I Want My Brethren and ...
... Section 6. I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and
kinsfolk to� 6. I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless ...
/.../patrick/the confession of st patrick/section 6 i am imperfect.htm

Imperfect Conviction.
... Book IX. Chapter XVI."Imperfect Conviction. Then said the old man: "My
son Clement has wisely framed his argument, so that he ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xvi imperfect conviction.htm

Of those who While Still Imperfect Retire into the Desert.
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter X. Of those who while still imperfect
retire into the desert. But some are sometimes so ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter x of those who.htm

Perfect Human Righteousness is Imperfect.
... Book II. Chapter 18 [XIII.]"Perfect Human Righteousness is Imperfect. There
are then on earth righteous men, there are great men ...
/.../anti-pelagian writings/chapter 18 xiii perfect human righteousness.htm

How Dangerous this Imperfect Love Is.
... CHAPTER X. HOW DANGEROUS THIS IMPERFECT LOVE IS. Alas! ... These were effects of imperfect
love, which former charity, now past, had left in his heart. ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter x how dangerous this.htm

A Means to Discern this Imperfect Love.
... BOOK IV. OF THE DECAY AND RUIN OF CHARITY. CHAPTER XI. A MEANS TO DISCERN
THIS IMPERFECT LOVE. But, you will ask me, what means ...
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Thesaurus

Imperfect (6 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.
5. (vt) To make imperfect. Multi-Version Concordance Imperfect (6 Occurrences). ...
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Proper (62 Occurrences)
... as Jonathan, "Yahweh hath given," Jehoshaphat, "Yahweh hath judged," Eleazar, "God
hath helped," Elkanah, "God hath formed"; or before an imperfect, as Eliahba ...
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Lame (35 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a
limb; crippled; as, a lame man. 3. (superl.) Hence, hobbling ...
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Were (28152 Occurrences)
... See Weir. 3. (vt) To guard; to protect. 4. (n.) The imperfect indicative plural,
and imperfect subjunctive singular and plural, of the verb be. See Be. ...
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Imperfection (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The quality or condition of being imperfect; want
of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish. ...
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Estimate (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either
the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of ...
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Element (1 Occurrence)
... British and American) has "rudiments," as in the King James Version margin, and
in Colossians 2:8, 20, where the reference is to imperfect Jewish ordinances. ...
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Names (133 Occurrences)
... as Jonathan, "Yahweh hath given," Jehoshaphat, "Yahweh hath judged," Eleazar, "God
hath helped," Elkanah, "God hath formed"; or before an imperfect, as Eliahba ...
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Languages (36 Occurrences)
... two cases. The dual and 2nd and 3rd person plural and 2nd person singular
feminine of the imperfect of the verb ended in nun. In ...
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Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)
... two cases. The dual and 2nd and 3rd person plural and 2nd person singular
feminine of the imperfect of the verb ended in nun. In ...
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Bible Concordance

Imperfect (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:11 If you then, imperfect as you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 13:9 For our knowledge is imperfect, and so is our prophesying;
(WEY RSV)

1 Corinthians 13:10 but when the perfect state of things is come, all that is imperfect will be brought to an end.
(WEY RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 13:12 For the present we see things as if in a mirror, and are puzzled; but then we shall see them face to face. For the present the knowledge I gain is imperfect; but then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
(WEY)

1 John 4:18 Love has in it no element of fear; but perfect love drives away fear, because fear involves pain, and if a man gives way to fear, there is something imperfect in his love.
(WEY)

Psalms 139:16 Thy eyes saw my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
(WBS)

Subtopics

Imperfect

Related Terms

Proper (62 Occurrences)

Lame (35 Occurrences)

Were (28152 Occurrences)

Imperfection (2 Occurrences)

Estimate (6 Occurrences)

Element (1 Occurrence)

Names (133 Occurrences)

Languages (36 Occurrences)

Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)