Bible dictionaries

Accomplish

What Bible dictionaries say about “Accomplish”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Accomplish - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

ACCOM'PLISH, v.t. [L. compleo, to complete. See Complete.]

1. To complete; to finish entirely.

That He would accomplish seventy years in the desolation of Jerusalem. Dan 9

2. To execute; as to accomplish a vow, wrath or fury. Lev 13 and 20.

3. To gain; to obtain or effect by successful exertions; as to accomplish a purpose. Prov 13.

4. To fulfil or bring to pass; as, to accomplish a prophecy.

This that is written must yet be accomplished in me. Luke 22.

5. To furnish with qualities which serve to render the mind or body complete, as with valuable endowments and elegant manners.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

a-kom'-plish: Richly represented in the Old Testament by seven Hebrew synonyms and in the New Testament by five Greek (the King James Version); signifying in Hebrew

(1) "to complete" (La 4:11);

(2) "to fulfill" (Da 9:2);

(3) "to execute" (1Ki 5:9);

(4) "to set apart" i.e. "consecrate" (Le 22:21);

(5) "to establish" (Jer 44:25 the King James Version);

(6) "to have pleasure in" (Job 14:6);

(7) "to perfect" (Ps 64:6);

in Greek

(1) "to finish" (Ac 21:5);

(2) "to bring to an end" (Heb 9:6);

(3) "to be fulfilled" (Lu 2:6);

(4) "to fill out" (Lu 9:31);

(5) "to complete" (Lu 12:50).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915