Strong G1072γεμίζω
to fill
- Transliteration
- gemizō
- Pronunciation
- ghem-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Transitive from G1073; to fill entirely: - fill (be) full.
Detailed definition
γεμίζω
(γέμω), [in LXX: Gen.45:17 (טען), 3Ma.5:47, 4Ma.3:14 *;]
to fill;
1. properly, of a ship (Thuc, al.): Mrk.4:37 (pass.).
2. In late writers, generally (MGr., see Kennedy, Sources, 155), with accusative, before genitive, Mrk.15:36, Jhn.2:7 6:13, Rev.15:8; ἀπό, Luk.15:16, Rec. WH, mg.; ἐκ, Luk.15:16, WH, Rev.8:5. Pass., absol.: Luk.14:23.
† (AS)
(γέμω), [in LXX: Gen.45:17 (טען), 3Ma.5:47, 4Ma.3:14 *;]
to fill;
1. properly, of a ship (Thuc, al.): Mrk.4:37 (pass.).
2. In late writers, generally (MGr., see Kennedy, Sources, 155), with accusative, before genitive, Mrk.15:36, Jhn.2:7 6:13, Rev.15:8; ἀπό, Luk.15:16, Rec. WH, mg.; ἐκ, Luk.15:16, WH, Rev.8:5. Pass., absol.: Luk.14:23.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1072 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fill7
- full2
- be1
First verses
- Mark 4:37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
- Mark 15:36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
- Luke 14:23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Luke 15:16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
- John 2:7Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
- John 6:13Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
- Revelation 8:5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
- Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γεμ-ίζω,
(γέμω) fill full of, load, freight or charge with, properly of a ship, τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.25, etc.)]; γεμίσας τὴν ναῦν ξύλων Test. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.168; ναῦν σίτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.36; θηρίων τὰς ναῦς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.18.8; τραπέζας θοίνης “OGI” 383.146 (from Commagene))]; of animals, load, κτήνη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 117.14 (2nd c.AD),compare “PTeb.” 419.17 (3rd c.AD))]: with doubleaccusative, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 195.4 (3rd c.AD))]; σποδοῦ γ. λέβητας charging them with ashes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 443)]; γεμίσω σε let me fill you, addressed to a cup, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 32)]; αὑτόν stuff, gorge, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 296)]; τὴν κοιλίαν ἀπό τινος variant in [NT (NT.Luke.15.16)]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.31; ἐγεμιζόμην ἀνθρωπείου τροφῆς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 46)]:—passive, metaphorically of the Cyclops, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 505 (Lyric poetry))]; of bees, γεμισθεῖσαι ἀποπέτονται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624b2: with _genitive_, γ. ἀλαζονείας, εὐσεβείας, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.186, 357.)]
II later, with accusative of things, γεμίζειν ὕδωρ (i.e. τὴν ὑδρίαν) to fill it full of water, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.13.3:)] —passive, οἶνον, πῦρ γεμισθείς, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.85 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]
(γέμω) fill full of, load, freight or charge with, properly of a ship, τινός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.25, etc.)]; γεμίσας τὴν ναῦν ξύλων Test. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.168; ναῦν σίτου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.36; θηρίων τὰς ναῦς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.18.8; τραπέζας θοίνης “OGI” 383.146 (from Commagene))]; of animals, load, κτήνη [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PFay.” 117.14 (2nd c.AD),compare “PTeb.” 419.17 (3rd c.AD))]: with doubleaccusative, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 195.4 (3rd c.AD))]; σποδοῦ γ. λέβητας charging them with ashes, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 443)]; γεμίσω σε let me fill you, addressed to a cup, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 32)]; αὑτόν stuff, gorge, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 296)]; τὴν κοιλίαν ἀπό τινος variant in [NT (NT.Luke.15.16)]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.31; ἐγεμιζόμην ἀνθρωπείου τροφῆς 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 46)]:—passive, metaphorically of the Cyclops, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 505 (Lyric poetry))]; of bees, γεμισθεῖσαι ἀποπέτονται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 624b2: with _genitive_, γ. ἀλαζονείας, εὐσεβείας, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.186, 357.)]
II later, with accusative of things, γεμίζειν ὕδωρ (i.e. τὴν ὑδρίαν) to fill it full of water, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.13.3:)] —passive, οἶνον, πῦρ γεμισθείς, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.85 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus).)]