Strong G1705ἐμπίμπλημι
to fill up
- Transliteration
- empiplēmi emplēthō
- Pronunciation
- em-pip'-lay-mee em-play'-tho
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐμ-πίπλημι
(on ἐμπίμπ-, see LS, see word, Bl., § 6, 8), and ἐμπιπλάω (Act.14:17), [in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא, שָׂבַע;]
to fill full, fill up, satisfy: with accusative of person(s) and genitive of thing(s), Luk.1:53, Act.14:17; pass., Luk.6:25, Jhn.6:12; metaphorically, with genitive of person(s), to take one's fill of: Rom.15:24 (cf. Dan LXX Su 32).†
(AS)
(on ἐμπίμπ-, see LS, see word, Bl., § 6, 8), and ἐμπιπλάω (Act.14:17), [in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא, שָׂבַע;]
to fill full, fill up, satisfy: with accusative of person(s) and genitive of thing(s), Luk.1:53, Act.14:17; pass., Luk.6:25, Jhn.6:12; metaphorically, with genitive of person(s), to take one's fill of: Rom.15:24 (cf. Dan LXX Su 32).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1705 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fill4
- be1
- full1
First verses
- Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- Luke 6:25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- John 6:12When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
- Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
- Romans 15:24Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐμπίμπλημι,
Ionic dialect2nd pers. singular present ἐμπιπλεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.14,)]participle -πιπλῶν[Refs ([prev. work] 12)]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐμπιπλέει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39 (with variants -πιπλεῖ, -πιπλᾷ))]: 1st pers. singular imperfect ἐνεπίμπλων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 68.31)]: future -πλήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 875c:)]aorist ἐνέπλησα, Epic dialect subjunctive ἐνιπλήσῃς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.117:)]perfect ἐμπέπληκα (see. below):—fill quite full, ἐν ὦν ἔπλησαν τοῦ νεκροῦ τὴν κοιλίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87)]; τὸ πεδίον, τὴν ὁδόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.20, 2.4.11.)]
2 with genitive, fill full of a thing, ἐμπίπληθι ῥέεθρα ὕδατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.311, etc.; δέπας ὕδατος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.209; [ἵππον] ἀνδρῶν ἐμπλήσας 8.495; μὴ.. θυμὸν ἐνιπλήσῃς ὀδυνάων 19.117; ἐ. [τὰ θυλάκια] τῆς ψάμμου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.105, compare 4.72, 5.114)]; τοὺς κοφίνους.. ἐμπίμπλη (imperative) πτερῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1310; ἐ. ἵππων τὸν ἱππόδρομον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 3.10: _metaphorically_, τὴν ψυχὴν ἔρωτος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255d; τινὰ ἐλπίδων κενῶν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.171.)]
3 fill a hungry man with food, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.503.)]
3.b metaphorically, ἐ. τινὰ μύθων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 769; τοῦ πολεμεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.63; ἐκκεκώφωκε τὰ ὦτα καὶ ἐμπέπληκε Δύσιδος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 204c; ἐρώτων.. ἐμπίμπλησιν ἡμᾶς [prev. author] “Phd.” 66c; ἐμπιμπλὰς ἁπάντων τὴν γνώμην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.8.)]
4 satiate, τὴν ἀναιδῆ γνώμην αὑτοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.91; ἵμερον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.429; ἕως νυκτὸς ἀλλήλους 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 2.38.)]
5 fulfil, accomplish, τὴν αὑτοῦ μοῖραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 959c.)]
II middle (with aorist passive), ἐμπίμπλαμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 925; ἐμπιμπλάμενος 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 142, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 80, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 117G.)]: imperfect ἐνεπιμπλάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.46, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.230, etc.)]: later 3rd.pers. plural ἐνεπιμπλῶντο [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34 / 5.2.29)]:—fill for oneself or what is one's own, ἐμπλήσατο νηδύν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.296)]; μένεος ἐμπλήσατο θυμόν he filled his heart with rage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.312; θαλέων ἐμπλησάμενος κῆρ [prev. work] 504)]; τὸ ἄγγος τοῦ ὕδατος ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.12.)]
II.2 absolutely, eat oneself full, eat one's fill, ἐνιπλησθῆναι ἀνώγει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.221, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.117, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 911, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.6, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἐνέπληντο (ἐνεπέπληντο codices) 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.6.)]
III passive, aorist 1 ἐνεπλήσθην (see. below): aorist 2 ἐνεπλήμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 911, 1304, probably in 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.6)]; optative ἐμπλῄμην (see. below): pluperfect ἐνεπεπλήμην falsa lectio in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place], late ἐμπέπληστο 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 18.7; ἐνέπλησθεν δέ οἱ.. αἵματος ὀφθαλμοί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.348; δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.10; ἔμπληντο βροτῶν ἀγοραί 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.16; πόλις δ᾽ ἔμπλητο ἀλέντων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.607; ἐνέπλητο πολλῶν κἀγαθῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1304)]; φακῆς ἐμπλήμενος[Refs ([prev. work] 984, compare “Ec.” 56: _metaphorically_, υἷος ἐνιπλησθῆναι.. ὀφθαλμοῖσιν)] to take my fill of my son with my eyes, i.e. to sate myself with looking on him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.452; ὀργῆς καὶ μένους ἐμπλήμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 424; πλεονεξίας ἐμπίμπλασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 121b.)]
III.2 with dative, ἀμπελίνῳ καρπῷ ἐ. to be filled with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.212; ἐμπιπλάμενοι πυριάτῃ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 142; ἐμπίπλαται.. αἵματι ὁ βωμός 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.16.10.)]
III.3 with participle, μισῶν οὔποτ᾽ ἐμπλησθήσομαι γυναῖκας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 664, compare “Ion” 925; βάλλων.. οὐκ ἂν ἐμπλῄμην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 236; οὐκ ἐνεπίμπλασο ὑπισχνούμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.46)]; ἔμπλησο λέγων speak thy fill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 603.)] —The two last constructions are post-Homeric. (Freq. written -πίπλ-, but the evidence of the best codices of _Attic dialect_ writers is in favour of -πίμπλ-.)
Ionic dialect2nd pers. singular present ἐμπιπλεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.14,)]participle -πιπλῶν[Refs ([prev. work] 12)]; 3rd.pers. singular ἐμπιπλέει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.39 (with variants -πιπλεῖ, -πιπλᾷ))]: 1st pers. singular imperfect ἐνεπίμπλων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 68.31)]: future -πλήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 875c:)]aorist ἐνέπλησα, Epic dialect subjunctive ἐνιπλήσῃς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.117:)]perfect ἐμπέπληκα (see. below):—fill quite full, ἐν ὦν ἔπλησαν τοῦ νεκροῦ τὴν κοιλίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.87)]; τὸ πεδίον, τὴν ὁδόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.20, 2.4.11.)]
2 with genitive, fill full of a thing, ἐμπίπληθι ῥέεθρα ὕδατος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.311, etc.; δέπας ὕδατος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.209; [ἵππον] ἀνδρῶν ἐμπλήσας 8.495; μὴ.. θυμὸν ἐνιπλήσῃς ὀδυνάων 19.117; ἐ. [τὰ θυλάκια] τῆς ψάμμου 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.105, compare 4.72, 5.114)]; τοὺς κοφίνους.. ἐμπίμπλη (imperative) πτερῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1310; ἐ. ἵππων τὸν ἱππόδρομον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 3.10: _metaphorically_, τὴν ψυχὴν ἔρωτος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255d; τινὰ ἐλπίδων κενῶν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.171.)]
3 fill a hungry man with food, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.503.)]
3.b metaphorically, ἐ. τινὰ μύθων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 769; τοῦ πολεμεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.63; ἐκκεκώφωκε τὰ ὦτα καὶ ἐμπέπληκε Δύσιδος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 204c; ἐρώτων.. ἐμπίμπλησιν ἡμᾶς [prev. author] “Phd.” 66c; ἐμπιμπλὰς ἁπάντων τὴν γνώμην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.8.)]
4 satiate, τὴν ἀναιδῆ γνώμην αὑτοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.91; ἵμερον 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.429; ἕως νυκτὸς ἀλλήλους 3rd c.AD(?): Longus Scriptor Eroticus 2.38.)]
5 fulfil, accomplish, τὴν αὑτοῦ μοῖραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 959c.)]
II middle (with aorist passive), ἐμπίμπλαμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 925; ἐμπιμπλάμενος 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 142, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 80, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 117G.)]: imperfect ἐνεπιμπλάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.46, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.230, etc.)]: later 3rd.pers. plural ἐνεπιμπλῶντο [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34 / 5.2.29)]:—fill for oneself or what is one's own, ἐμπλήσατο νηδύν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.296)]; μένεος ἐμπλήσατο θυμόν he filled his heart with rage, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.312; θαλέων ἐμπλησάμενος κῆρ [prev. work] 504)]; τὸ ἄγγος τοῦ ὕδατος ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.12.)]
II.2 absolutely, eat oneself full, eat one's fill, ἐνιπλησθῆναι ἀνώγει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.221, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.117, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 911, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.6, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἐνέπληντο (ἐνεπέπληντο codices) 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.6.)]
III passive, aorist 1 ἐνεπλήσθην (see. below): aorist 2 ἐνεπλήμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 911, 1304, probably in 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.6)]; optative ἐμπλῄμην (see. below): pluperfect ἐνεπεπλήμην falsa lectio in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place], late ἐμπέπληστο 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 18.7; ἐνέπλησθεν δέ οἱ.. αἵματος ὀφθαλμοί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.348; δακρύων τὰ ὄμματα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.10; ἔμπληντο βροτῶν ἀγοραί 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.16; πόλις δ᾽ ἔμπλητο ἀλέντων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.607; ἐνέπλητο πολλῶν κἀγαθῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1304)]; φακῆς ἐμπλήμενος[Refs ([prev. work] 984, compare “Ec.” 56: _metaphorically_, υἷος ἐνιπλησθῆναι.. ὀφθαλμοῖσιν)] to take my fill of my son with my eyes, i.e. to sate myself with looking on him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.452; ὀργῆς καὶ μένους ἐμπλήμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 424; πλεονεξίας ἐμπίμπλασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 121b.)]
III.2 with dative, ἀμπελίνῳ καρπῷ ἐ. to be filled with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.212; ἐμπιπλάμενοι πυριάτῃ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 142; ἐμπίπλαται.. αἵματι ὁ βωμός 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 3.16.10.)]
III.3 with participle, μισῶν οὔποτ᾽ ἐμπλησθήσομαι γυναῖκας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 664, compare “Ion” 925; βάλλων.. οὐκ ἂν ἐμπλῄμην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 236; οὐκ ἐνεπίμπλασο ὑπισχνούμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.46)]; ἔμπλησο λέγων speak thy fill, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 603.)] —The two last constructions are post-Homeric. (Freq. written -πίπλ-, but the evidence of the best codices of _Attic dialect_ writers is in favour of -πίμπλ-.)