Strong’s G3838 · Greek

παντελής
pantelḗs

Definition

full-ended, i.e. entire (neuter as noun, completion)

Etymology

from G3956 (πᾶς) and G5056 (τέλος);

Where the KJV renders it

  • + in (no) wise
  • uttermost

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.

What the first audience heard

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