Definition

to carry out fully (in evidence), i.e. completely assure (or convince), entirely accomplish

Etymology

from G4134 (πλήρης) and G5409 (φορέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• most surely believe
• fully know (persuade)
• make full proof of

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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