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Lexicon :: Strong's G4138 - plērōma

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πλήρωμα
Transliteration
plērōma (Key)
Pronunciation
play'-ro-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 6:298,867

Strong’s Definitions

πλήρωμα plḗrōma, play'-ro-mah; from G4137; repletion or completion, i.e. (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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G4138 in the following manner: fulness (13x), full (1x), fulfilling (1x), which is put in to fill up (1x), pierce that filled up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G4138 in the following manner: fulness (13x), full (1x), fulfilling (1x), which is put in to fill up (1x), pierce that filled up (1x).

  1. that which is (has been) filled

    1. a ship inasmuch as it is filled (i.e. manned) with sailors, rowers, and soldiers

    2. in the NT, the body of believers, as that which is filled with the presence, power, agency, riches of God and of Christ

  2. that which fills or with which a thing is filled

    1. of those things which a ship is filled, freight and merchandise, sailors, oarsmen, soldiers

    2. completeness or fulness of time

  3. fulness, abundance

  4. a fulfilling, keeping

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πλήρωμα plḗrōma, play'-ro-mah; from G4137; repletion or completion, i.e. (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.
STRONGS G4138:
πλήρωμα, πληρώματος, τό (πληρόω), the Sept. for מְלֹא;
1. etymologically it has a passive sense, that which is (or has been) filled; very rarely so in classical Greek: a ship, inasmuch as it is filled (i. e. manned) with sailors, rowers, and soldiers; ἀπό δύο πληρωματων Ἐμάχοντο, Lucian, ver. hist. 2, 37; πέντε εἶχον πληρώματα, ibid. 38. In the N. T. the body of believers, as that which is filled with the presence, power, agency, riches of God and of Christ: τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Ephesians 4:13 (see ἡλικία, 1 c. (cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 3 N. T; Buttmann, 155 (136))); Ephesians 1:23; εἰς πᾶν τό πλήρωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ, that ye may become a body wholly filled and flooded by God, Ephesians 3:19 (but WH marginal reading reads πληρωθῇ πᾶν τό
2. that which fills or with which a thing is filled: so very frequently in classical Greek from Herodotus down; especially of those things with which ships are filled, freight and merchandise, sailors, oarsmen, soldiers (cf. our 'complement' (yet cf. Lightfoot as below, p. 258f)) (of the animals filling Noah's ark, Philo de vit. Moys. ii. § 12); πλήρωμα πόλεως, the inhabitants or population filling a city, Plato, de rep. 2, p. 371 e.; Aristotle, polit. 3, 13, p. 1284{a}, 5; 4,4, p. 1291a, 17; others. So in the N. T. ἡ γῆ καί τό πλήρωμα αὐτῆς, whatever fills the earth or is contained in it, 1 Corinthians 10:26, 28 Rec. (Psalm 23:1 (Ps. 24:1); Ps 49:12 (Ps. 50:12); Jeremiah 8:16; Ezekiel 12:19, etc.; τό πλήρωμα τῆς θαλάσσης, Psalm 95:11 (Ps. 96:11); 1 Chronicles 16:32); κοφίνων πληρώματα, those things with which the baskets were filled, (basketfuls), Mark 6:43 T Tr WH (on this passive, cf. Lightfoot as below, p. 260); also σπυρίδων πληρώματα, Mark 8:20; the filling (Latincomplementum) by which a gap is filled up, Matthew 9:16; Mark 2:21; that by which a loss is repaired, spoken of the reception of all the Jews into the kingdom of God (see ἥττημα, 1), Romans 11:12. Of time (see πληρόω, 2 b. α.), that portion of time by which a longer antecedent period is completed; hence, completeness, fullness, of time: τοῦ χρόνου, Galatians 4:4; τῶν καιρῶν, Ephesians 1:10 (on which see οἰκονομία).
3. fullness, abundance: John 1:16; Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:9; full number, Romans 11:25.
4. equivalent to πλήρωσις (see καύχημα, 2), i. e. a fulfilling, keeping: τοῦ νόμου (see πληρόω, 2 c. α.), Romans 13:10. For a full discussion of this word see Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, ii., p. 469ff; (especially Lightfoot's Commentary on Colossians, p. 257ff).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
16:32
Psalms
23:1; 24:1; 49:12; 50:12; 95:11; 96:11
Jeremiah
8:16
Ezekiel
12:19
Matthew
9:16
Mark
2:21; 6:43; 8:20
John
1:16
Romans
11:12; 11:25; 13:10
1 Corinthians
10:26; 10:28
Galatians
4:4
Ephesians
1:10; 1:23; 3:19; 4:13
Colossians
1:19; 2:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4138 matches the Greek πλήρωμα (plērōma),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:16 - “But no one puts [fn]a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for [fn]the patch G4138 pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

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“No one sews [fn]a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise [fn]that patch G4138 pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:43 - and they picked up twelve full G4138 baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:20 - “When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full G4138 of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they *said to Him, “Seven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:16 - For of His fullness G4138 [fn]we have all received, and grace [fn]upon grace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:12 - Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their [fn]fullness G4138 be!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25 -

For I do not want you, brothers, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness G4138 of the Gentiles has come in;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - Love does not work evil against a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment G4138 of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:29 - And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness G4138 of the blessing of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:26 - FOR THE EARTH IS THE [fn]LORD’S, AS WELL AS ITS FULLNESS G4138.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:4 - But when the fullness G4138 of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under [fn]the Law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:10 - for an administration of the fullness G4138 of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things [fn]in the heavens and things on the earth in Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:23 - which is His body, the fullness G4138 of Him who fills all in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:19 - and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness G4138 of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the [fn]full knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature [fn]which belongs to the fullness G4138 of Christ,

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:19 -

For in Him [fn]all the fullness G4138 of God was pleased to dwell,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:9 - For in Him all the fullness G4138 of Deity dwells bodily,
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