Strong H4393מְלֹא

fullness

Transliteration: melô' melô' melô
Pronunciation: {mel-o'} {mel-o'} mel-o'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H4390; fulness (literally or figuratively): - X all {along} X all that is (there-) {in} {fill} (X that whereof . . . was) {full} {fulness} [hand-] {full} multitude.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: fullness

Exact lexical definition: fulness

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: מְלֹא , [ מְלוֹא ] n.m . fulness , that which fills fulness of hand (= handful) mass of shepherds; multitude of nations

In the Bible

Strong H4393 appears in 36 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

full11
fulness7
therein7
handful4
fill2
all1
and1
become1
mine1
multitude1

First verses

Genesis 48:19
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Exodus 9:8
And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Exodus 16:32
And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
Exodus 16:33
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations.
Leviticus 2:2
And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord:
Leviticus 5:12
Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 16:12
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
Numbers 22:18
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
Numbers 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
Deuteronomy 33:16
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
Judges 6:38
And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
1 Samuel 28:20
Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
2 Samuel 8:2
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
1 Kings 17:12
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
2 Kings 4:39
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
1 Chronicles 16:32
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
Psalms 24:1
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms 89:11
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Psalms 96:11
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.