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perfection

Meaning of “perfection”

Completeness, maturity, or a finished state.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
11 occurrences11 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 11:7

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Lamentations 2:15
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:15 · retained source text

All that passe by, clap their hands at thee: they hisse and wagge their head at the daughter of Ierusalem, saying, Is this the citie that men call the perfection of beauty, the ioy of the whole earth?

1611 marginal noteHebr. by the way.

1611 marginal notePsal.48.2.

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The state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 276