Strong G1073γέμω
be full
- Transliteration
- gemō
- Pronunciation
- ghem'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A primary verb; to swell out that is be full: - be full.
Detailed definition
γέμω (used only in present and impf.),
[in LXX for מלא, נשׂא;]
to be full;
1. properly, of a ship (Xen.).
2. Generally (Plat., al.),
__(a) with genitive of thing(s): Mat.23:27, Luk.11:39, Rom.3:14" (LXX), Rev.4:6, 8 5:8 15:7 17:3 (Rec.) 4 21:9
__(b) before ἐκ: Mat.23:25;
__(with) with accusative of thing(s) (called a solecism in WM, 251; Bl., §36, 4), as in later Gk. from Byz. to Mod. times (Jannaris, Gr., 1319): Rev.17:3.
† (AS)
[in LXX for מלא, נשׂא;]
to be full;
1. properly, of a ship (Xen.).
2. Generally (Plat., al.),
__(a) with genitive of thing(s): Mat.23:27, Luk.11:39, Rom.3:14" (LXX), Rev.4:6, 8 5:8 15:7 17:3 (Rec.) 4 21:9
__(b) before ἐκ: Mat.23:25;
__(with) with accusative of thing(s) (called a solecism in WM, 251; Bl., §36, 4), as in later Gk. from Byz. to Mod. times (Jannaris, Gr., 1319): Rev.17:3.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1073 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- full9
- be3
First verses
- Matthew 23:25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
- Matthew 23:27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
- Luke 11:39And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
- Romans 3:14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
- Revelation 4:6And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
- Revelation 4:8And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
- Revelation 5:8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Revelation 15:7And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
- Revelation 17:3So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 17:4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
- Revelation 21:9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
γέμω,
used only in present and imperfect, to be full, properly of a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.118, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.21: generally, πάντα γ. 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Misopogon” 368c.)]
b ={κύειν}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
2 with genitive of things, to be full of, πλοῖα γέμοντα χρημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.25; λιμὴν ἔγεμεν πλοίων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 117e; κώμας πολλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν γεμούσας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.6.27)]; of animals, to be laden. ὄνοι γέμοντες οἴνου καὶ βρωμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 5: _metaphorically_, κόμπος τῆς ἀληθείας γ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 613, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 4; γέμω κακῶν δή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1245; γ. θρασύτητος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 649d; ἀσυμμετρίας καὶ αἰσχρότητος γέμουσα ψυχή [prev. author] “Grg.” 525a; πικρίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.56)] W.: with dative, to be filled with, ἰτρίοισι, πέμμασι, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 9, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 174.2; γῆν πυρὸς γέμουσαν ῥεύμασιν 5th c.BC: Carcinus Tragicus 5; γ. ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς NT.Matt.23.25.)]
used only in present and imperfect, to be full, properly of a ship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.118, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.21: generally, πάντα γ. 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Misopogon” 368c.)]
b ={κύειν}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
2 with genitive of things, to be full of, πλοῖα γέμοντα χρημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.25; λιμὴν ἔγεμεν πλοίων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 117e; κώμας πολλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν γεμούσας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.6.27)]; of animals, to be laden. ὄνοι γέμοντες οἴνου καὶ βρωμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 5: _metaphorically_, κόμπος τῆς ἀληθείας γ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 613, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 4; γέμω κακῶν δή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1245; γ. θρασύτητος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 649d; ἀσυμμετρίας καὶ αἰσχρότητος γέμουσα ψυχή [prev. author] “Grg.” 525a; πικρίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.56)] W.: with dative, to be filled with, ἰτρίοισι, πέμμασι, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Archippus Comicus 9, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 174.2; γῆν πυρὸς γέμουσαν ῥεύμασιν 5th c.BC: Carcinus Tragicus 5; γ. ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς NT.Matt.23.25.)]