Strong G4138πλήρωμα
fulfillment
- Transliteration
- plērōma
- Pronunciation
- play'-ro-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G4137; repletion or completion that is (subjectively) what fills (as contents supplement copiousness multitude) or (objectively) what is filled (as container performance period): - which is put in to fill up piece that filled up fulfilling full fulness.
Detailed definition
πλήρωμα, -τος, τό
(πληρόω), [in LXX for מְלֹא;]
the result of the action involved in πληρόω (Lft., Col., 255 if.; AR, Eph., 255 ff.), hence,
1. in passive sense, that which has been completed, complement, plenitude, fullness (in Xen., Luc., Polyb., al., of a ship's crew or cargo, and by meton. of the ship itself): Jhn.1:16, Rom.11:12, 25 15:29, 1Co.10:26" (LXX) Eph.1:23 (AR, 42 ff.) Eph.3:19 (AR. 87 ff.) Eph.4:13, Col.1:19 2:9; of time, Gal.4:4, Eph.1:10; κοφίνων (σφυρίδων) πληρώματα, basketfuls, Mrk.6:43 8:20.
2. In active sense (= πλήρωσις, as frequently in words of these formations, cf. κτίσις, and see MM, xx);
__(a) that which fills up (but see Lft., l.with): Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21;
__(b) a filling up, completing, fulfilment: Rom.13:10.†
(AS)
(πληρόω), [in LXX for מְלֹא;]
the result of the action involved in πληρόω (Lft., Col., 255 if.; AR, Eph., 255 ff.), hence,
1. in passive sense, that which has been completed, complement, plenitude, fullness (in Xen., Luc., Polyb., al., of a ship's crew or cargo, and by meton. of the ship itself): Jhn.1:16, Rom.11:12, 25 15:29, 1Co.10:26" (LXX) Eph.1:23 (AR, 42 ff.) Eph.3:19 (AR. 87 ff.) Eph.4:13, Col.1:19 2:9; of time, Gal.4:4, Eph.1:10; κοφίνων (σφυρίδων) πληρώματα, basketfuls, Mrk.6:43 8:20.
2. In active sense (= πλήρωσις, as frequently in words of these formations, cf. κτίσις, and see MM, xx);
__(a) that which fills up (but see Lft., l.with): Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21;
__(b) a filling up, completing, fulfilment: Rom.13:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4138 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fulness13
- fill2
- up2
- fulfilling1
- full1
First verses
- Matthew 9:16No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
- Mark 2:21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
- Mark 8:20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
- John 1:16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
- Romans 11:12Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
- Romans 11:25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
- Romans 13:10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
- Romans 15:29And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 10:26For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
- 1 Corinthians 10:28But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:
- Galatians 4:4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
- Ephesians 1:10That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
- Ephesians 1:23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
- Ephesians 3:19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
- Ephesians 4:13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
- Colossians 1:19For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
- Colossians 2:9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πλήρ-ωμα, ατος, τό,
that which fills, complement, κρατήρων πληρώματα, i.e. wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1051 (Lyric poetry); so κενὸν τόδ᾽ ἄγγος, ἢ στέγει π. τ; [prev. work] 1412)]; χθονὸς π., i.e. men, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Or.” 1642; λίθους τοὺς εἰς τὰ π. τῷ πύργῳ προσάξεται “IG” 22.244.109, compare 90, +others (4th c.BC))]; τὸ π. τῆς γαστρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 7, “Mul.” 2.169, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 59)]; of excrement, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.35.7.)]
2 δαιτὸς π. satiety of the feast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 203 (_anapaest meter_))]; π. τυρῶν their fill of cheese, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 209.)]
3 of ships, full number, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.43, 45)]; but, of single ships, complement, crew, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.4, 12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.11, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.155, etc.: in _sing._, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.14)]; opposed to ὑπηρεσία (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.10; παραλαβὼν τῶν πολιτᾶν ἐπιλέκτους ἐμ π. τρισί “IPE” 12.352.40 (Cherson., 2nd c.BC))]; π. ἐπίλεκτον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.47.6: generally, π. παρέχεσθαι πόλεως)] make up the full number of citizens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267b16, 1284a5, compare 1291a17, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371e; τῶν φίλων π. ἀθροίσας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 664)]; gang of workmen, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.130 (3rd c.BC).)]
4 of number, sum, ὀγδώκοντα ἔτεα ζόης π. μακρότατον προκεῖσθαι [Refs (80)] years are fixed as life's longest sum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22; τούτων π. τάλαντ᾽ ἐγγὺς δισχίλια γίγνεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 660)]; sum, total, τὸ π. τῶν ἀγαθῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.14, compare 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus “Herc.” 346p.81V., 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2.)]
5 piece inserted to fill up, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.9.16, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 216.)]
6 fullness, full and perfect nature, [NT (NT.Rom.11.12)]; τὸ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ Χριστοῦ, [NT (NT.Eph.3.19, 4.13, cf. NT.Col.1.19; τῆς θεότητος [prev. work] 2.9)]; later τὰ π. τῶν θεῶν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 1.8)]; the aggregate of properties which constitute the complete nature of a thing, full specification, substance, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 28 bis; φθαρτὰ π. [prev. work] 34; τὰ μέσα π. [prev. work] 35 bis; τὰ ἑκάστου πληρώματα τῆς οὐσίας [prev. work] 14, compare 56, 58)]; πᾶς νοῦς, π. ὢν εἰδῶν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 177.)]
7 reserves of troops, στρατιῶν [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.44 (_plural_).)]
8 mass, complex, ὁ κόσμος π. ἐστι κακίας, ζωῆς, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Corpus Hermeticum” 6.4, 12.15; γενομένη π. ἀρετῶν ἥδε ἡ ψυχή 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.418.)]
9 duties of an office, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.6, +others)]; completion of a term of office (compare 11), [Refs ([prev. work] 47.)]
10 freight, cargo, νεώς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.18, compare 465: _metaphorically_, π. εὐτυχίας [prev. work] 547.)]
II filling up, completing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1213)]; Ζηνὸς ἔχεις κυλίκων π. hast the task of filling.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 824 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 fulfilment, νόμου [NT (NT.Rom.13.10.)]
that which fills, complement, κρατήρων πληρώματα, i.e. wine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1051 (Lyric poetry); so κενὸν τόδ᾽ ἄγγος, ἢ στέγει π. τ; [prev. work] 1412)]; χθονὸς π., i.e. men, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Or.” 1642; λίθους τοὺς εἰς τὰ π. τῷ πύργῳ προσάξεται “IG” 22.244.109, compare 90, +others (4th c.BC))]; τὸ π. τῆς γαστρός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 7, “Mul.” 2.169, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 59)]; of excrement, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.35.7.)]
2 δαιτὸς π. satiety of the feast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 203 (_anapaest meter_))]; π. τυρῶν their fill of cheese, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 209.)]
3 of ships, full number, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.43, 45)]; but, of single ships, complement, crew, in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.4, 12, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.11, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.155, etc.: in _sing._, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.14)]; opposed to ὑπηρεσία (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.10; παραλαβὼν τῶν πολιτᾶν ἐπιλέκτους ἐμ π. τρισί “IPE” 12.352.40 (Cherson., 2nd c.BC))]; π. ἐπίλεκτον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.47.6: generally, π. παρέχεσθαι πόλεως)] make up the full number of citizens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1267b16, 1284a5, compare 1291a17, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371e; τῶν φίλων π. ἀθροίσας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 664)]; gang of workmen, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.130 (3rd c.BC).)]
4 of number, sum, ὀγδώκοντα ἔτεα ζόης π. μακρότατον προκεῖσθαι [Refs (80)] years are fixed as life's longest sum, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22; τούτων π. τάλαντ᾽ ἐγγὺς δισχίλια γίγνεται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 660)]; sum, total, τὸ π. τῶν ἀγαθῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.14, compare 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus “Herc.” 346p.81V., 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2.)]
5 piece inserted to fill up, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.9.16, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 216.)]
6 fullness, full and perfect nature, [NT (NT.Rom.11.12)]; τὸ π. τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ Χριστοῦ, [NT (NT.Eph.3.19, 4.13, cf. NT.Col.1.19; τῆς θεότητος [prev. work] 2.9)]; later τὰ π. τῶν θεῶν [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 1.8)]; the aggregate of properties which constitute the complete nature of a thing, full specification, substance, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 28 bis; φθαρτὰ π. [prev. work] 34; τὰ μέσα π. [prev. work] 35 bis; τὰ ἑκάστου πληρώματα τῆς οὐσίας [prev. work] 14, compare 56, 58)]; πᾶς νοῦς, π. ὢν εἰδῶν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 177.)]
7 reserves of troops, στρατιῶν [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.44 (_plural_).)]
8 mass, complex, ὁ κόσμος π. ἐστι κακίας, ζωῆς, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Corpus Hermeticum” 6.4, 12.15; γενομένη π. ἀρετῶν ἥδε ἡ ψυχή 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.418.)]
9 duties of an office, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.6, +others)]; completion of a term of office (compare 11), [Refs ([prev. work] 47.)]
10 freight, cargo, νεώς [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.18, compare 465: _metaphorically_, π. εὐτυχίας [prev. work] 547.)]
II filling up, completing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1213)]; Ζηνὸς ἔχεις κυλίκων π. hast the task of filling.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 824 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.2 fulfilment, νόμου [NT (NT.Rom.13.10.)]