Definition

to complete thoroughly, i.e. repair (literally or figuratively) or adjust

Etymology

from G2596 (κατά) and a derivative of G739 (ἄρτιος);

Word family

• κατά katá
• ἄρτιος ártios

How the KJV renders it

• fit
• frame
• mend
• (make) perfect(-ly join together)
• prepare
• restore

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.