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Lexicon :: Strong's G4137 - plēroō

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πληρόω
Transliteration
plēroō (Key)
Pronunciation
play-ro'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
86x in 38 unique form(s)
TR
90x in 41 unique form(s)
LXX
84x in 34 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 6:286,867

Strong’s Definitions

πληρόω plēróō, play-ro'-o; from G4134; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:—accomplish, × after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x

The KJV translates Strong's G4137 in the following manner: fulfil (51x), fill (19x), be full (7x), complete (2x), end (2x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x
The KJV translates Strong's G4137 in the following manner: fulfil (51x), fill (19x), be full (7x), complete (2x), end (2x), miscellaneous (9x).
  1. to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full

    1. to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally

      1. I abound, I am liberally supplied

  2. to render full, i.e. to complete

    1. to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim

    2. to consummate: a number

      1. to make complete in every particular, to render perfect

      2. to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking)

    3. to carry into effect, bring to realisation, realise

      1. of matters of duty: to perform, execute

      2. of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish

      3. to fulfil, i.e. to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πληρόω plēróō, play-ro'-o; from G4134; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:—accomplish, × after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.
STRONGS G4137:
πληρόω πληρῶ (infinitive πληροῦν Luke 9:31, see WH's Appendix, p. 166); imperfect 3 person singular ἐπλήρου; future πληρώσω; 1 aorist ἐπλήρωσα; perfect πεπλήρωκα; passive, present πληροῦμαι; imperfect ἐπληρουμην; perfect πεπλήρωμαι; 1 aorist ἐπληρώθην; 1 future πληρωθήσομαι; future middle πληρώσομαι (once, Revelation 6:11 Rec.); (from ΠΛηΡΟΣ equivalent to πλήρης); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for מָלֵא;
1. to make full, to fill, to fill up: τήν σαγηνην, passive, Matthew 13:48; equivalent to "to fill to the full, πᾶσαν χρείαν, Philippians 4:19; to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally: πεπλήρωμαι, I abound, I am liberally supplied, namely, with what is necessary for subsistence, Philippians 4:18; Hebraistically, with the accusative of the thing in which one abounds (cf. Buttmann, § 134, 7; Winer's Grammar, § 32, 5): of spiritual possessions, Philippians 1:11 (where Rec. has καρπῶν); Colossians 1:9, (ἐνέπλησα αὐτόν πνεῦμα σοφίας, Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:31); equivalent to to flood, οἰκία ἐπληρώθη (Tr marginal reading ἐπλήσθη) ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς, John 12:3 (see ἐκ, II. 5); ἦχος ἐπλήρωσε τόν οἶκον, Acts 2:2; with a genitive of the thing, τήν Ἱερουσαλήμ τῆς διδαχῆς, Acts 5:28 (Libanius, epistles 721 πάσας — i. e. πόλειςἐνέπλησας τῶν ὑπέρ ἡμῶν λόγων; Justin, hist. 11, 7 Phrygiam religionibus implevit); τινα, equivalent to to fill, diffuse throughout one's soul: with a genitive of the thing, Luke 2:40 R G L text T Tr marginal reading (see below); Acts 2:28; passive, Acts 13:52; Romans 15:13 (where L marginal reading πληροφορέω, which see in c.), 14; 2 Timothy 1:4; with a dative of the thing (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 7), passive (Luke 2:40 L marginal reading Tr text WH); Romans 1:29; 2 Corinthians 7:4; followed by ἐν with a dative of the instrument: ἐν πνεύματι, Ephesians 5:18; ἐν παντί θελήματι Θεοῦ, with everything which God wills (used of those who will nothing but what God wills), Colossians 4:12 R G (but see πληροφορέω, c.); πληροῦν τήν καρδίαν τίνος, to pervade, take possession of, one's heart, John 16:6; Acts 5:3; Christians are said πληροῦσθαι, simply, as those who are pervaded (i. e. richly furnished) with the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit: ἐν αὐτῷ, rooted as it were in Christ, i. e. by virtue of the intimate relationship entered into with him, Colossians 2:10 (cf. ἐν, I. 6 b.); εἰς πᾶν τό πλήρωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ (see πλήρωμα, 1), Ephesians 3:19 (not WH marginal reading); Christ, exalted to share in the divine administration, is said πληροῦν τά πάντα, to fill (pervade) the universe with his presence, power, activity, Ephesians 4:10; also πληροῦσθαι (middle for himself, i. e. to execute his counsels (cf. Winers Grammar, 258 (242); Buttmann, § 134, 7)) τά πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν, all things in all places, Ephesians 1:23 (μή οὐχί τόν οὐρανόν καί τήν γῆν ἐγώ πληρῶ, λέγει κύριος, Jeremiah 23:24; Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wis. 1:7, p. 55, cites examples from Philo and others; ((but ἐν πᾶσιν here is variously understood; see πᾶς, II. 2 b. δ. αα. and the commentaries))).
2. to render full, i. e. to complete;
a. properly, to fill up to the top: πᾶσαν φάραγγα, Luke 3:5; so that nothing shall be lacking to full measure, fill to the brim, μέτρον (which see, 1 a.), Matthew 23:32.
b. to perfect, consummate;
α. a number: ἕως πληρωθῶσι καί οἱ σύνδουλοι, until the number of their comrades also shall have been made complete, Revelation 6:11 L WH text,cf. Düsterdieck at the passage (see γ. below). by a Hebraism (see πίμπλημι, at the end) time is said πληροῦσθαι, πεπληρωμένος, either when a period of time that was to elapse has passed, or when a definite time is at hand: Mark 1:15; Luke 21:24; John 7:8; Acts 7:23, 30; Acts 9:23; Acts 24:27 (Genesis 25:24; Genesis 29:21; Leviticus 8:33; Leviticus 12:4; Leviticus 25:30; Numbers 6:5; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 4, 6; 6, 4, 1; πληροῦν τόν τέλεον ἐνιαυτόν, Plato, Tim., p. 39d.; τούς χρόνους, legg. 9, p. 866a.).
β. to make complete in every particular; to render perfect: πᾶσαν εὐδοκίαν κ.τ.λ. 2 Thessalonians 1:11; τήν χαράν, Philippians 2:2; passive, John 3:29; John 15:11; John 16:24; John 17:13; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 1:12; τά ἔργα, passive, Revelation 3:2; τήν ὑπακοήν, to cause all to obey, passive, 2 Corinthians 10:6; τό πάσχα, Luke 22:16 (Jesus speaks here allegorically: until perfect deliverance and blessedness be celebrated in the heavenly state).
γ. to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking): πάντα τά ῤήματα, Luke 7:1; τήν διακονίαν, Acts 12:25; Colossians 4:17; τό ἔργον, Acts 14:26; τόν δρόμον, Acts 13:25; namely, τόν δρόμον, Revelation 6:11 according to the reading πληρωσωσι (G T Tr WH marginal reading) or πληρωσονται (Rec.) (see α. above); ὡς ἐπληρώθη ταῦτα, when these things were ended, Acts 19:21. Here belongs also πληροῦν τό εὐαγγέλιον, to cause to be everywhere known, acknowledged, embraced (A. V. I have fully preached), Romans 15:19; in the same sense τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Colossians 1:25.
c. to carry into effect, bring to realization, realize;
α. of matters of duty, to perform, execute: τόν νόμον, Romans 13:8; Galatians 5:14; τό δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, passive, ἐν ἡμῖν, among us, Romans 8:4; πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην, Matthew 3:15 (εὐσέβειαν, 4 Macc. 12:15); τήν ἔξοδον (as something appointed and prescribed by God), Luke 9:31.
β. of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish; so in the phrases ἵνα or ὅπως πληρωθῇ γραφή, τό ῤηθέν, etc. (el. Knapp, Seripta var. Arg., p. 533f): Matthew 1:22; Matthew 2:15, 17, 23; Matthew 4:14; Matthew 8:17; Matthew 12:17; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 21:4; Matthew 26:54, 56; Matthew 27:9, 35 Rec.; Mark 14:49; Mark 15:28 (which verse G T WH omits; but Tr brackets it); Luke 1:20; Luke 4:21; Luke 21:22 Rec.; Luke 24:44; John 12:38; John 13:18; John 15:25; John 17:12; John 18:9, 32; John 19:24, 36; Acts 1:16; Acts 3:18; Acts 13:27; James 2:23 (1 Kings 2:27; 2 Chronicles 36:22).
γ. universally and absolutely, to fulfil, i. e. "to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment": Matthew 5:17; cf. Weiss, Das Matthäusevang. as above with, p. 146f (Compare: ἀναπληρόω, ἀνταναπληρόω, προσαναπληρόω, ἐκπληρόω, συμπληρόω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
25:24; 29:21
Exodus
31:3; 35:31
Leviticus
8:33; 12:4; 25:30
Numbers
6:5
1 Kings
2:27
2 Chronicles
36:22
Jeremiah
23:24
Matthew
1:22; 2:15; 2:17; 2:23; 3:15; 4:14; 5:17; 8:17; 12:17; 13:35; 13:48; 21:4; 23:32; 26:54; 26:56; 27:9; 27:35
Mark
1:15; 14:49; 15:28
Luke
1:20; 2:40; 2:40; 3:5; 4:21; 7:1; 9:31; 9:31; 21:22; 21:24; 22:16; 24:44
John
3:29; 7:8; 12:3; 12:38; 13:18; 15:11; 15:25; 16:6; 16:24; 17:12; 17:13; 18:9; 18:32; 19:24; 19:36
Acts
1:16; 2:2; 2:28; 3:18; 5:3; 5:28; 7:23; 7:30; 9:23; 12:25; 13:25; 13:27; 13:52; 14:26; 19:21; 24:27
Romans
1:29; 8:4; 13:8; 15:13; 15:19
2 Corinthians
7:4; 10:6
Galatians
5:14
Ephesians
1:23; 3:19; 4:10; 5:18
Philippians
1:11; 2:2; 4:18; 4:19
Colossians
1:9; 1:25; 2:10; 4:12; 4:17
2 Thessalonians
1:11
2 Timothy
1:4
James
2:23
1 John
1:4
2 John
1:12
Revelation
3:2; 6:11; 6:11; 6:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4137 matches the Greek πληρόω (plēroō),
which occurs 86 times in 86 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:22 - All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:15 - and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:17 - Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:23 - And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:15 - But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:14 - so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:17 - “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:17 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:17 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[fn]
“I will open my mouth in parables;
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:48 - When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:4 - This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:54 - But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:56 - But all this has taken place that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:9 - Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:15 - and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand;[fn] repent and believe in the gospel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:49 - Day after day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize me. But let the Scriptures be fulfilled.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:20 - And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:40 - And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:5 - Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21 - And he began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:1 - After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:31 - who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure,[fn] which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 - They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:16 - For I tell you I will not eat it[fn] until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:44 - Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:8 - You go up to the feast. I am not[fn] going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:3 - Mary therefore took a pound[fn] of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:38 - so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:18 - I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled,[fn] ‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:11 - These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:25 - But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:6 - But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:13 - But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:9 - This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:32 - This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to show by what kind of death he was going to die.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:24 - so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says,
“They divided my garments among them,
and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things,
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:36 - For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:16 - “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:2 - And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:28 - You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:18 - But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:3 - But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:28 - saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:23 - “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:30 - “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

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