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Lexicon :: Strong's H4390 - mālā'

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מָלָא
Transliteration
mālā'
Pronunciation
maw-lay'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1195

Strong’s Definitions

מָלֵא mâlêʼ, maw-lay'; or מָלָא mâlâʼ; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root; to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively):—accomplish, confirm, consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, × draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, have wholly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 249x

The KJV translates Strong's H4390 in the following manner: fill (107x), full (48x), fulfil (28x), consecrate (15x), accomplish (7x), replenish (7x), wholly (6x), set (6x), expired (3x), fully (2x), gather (2x), overflow (2x), satisfy (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 249x
The KJV translates Strong's H4390 in the following manner: fill (107x), full (48x), fulfil (28x), consecrate (15x), accomplish (7x), replenish (7x), wholly (6x), set (6x), expired (3x), fully (2x), gather (2x), overflow (2x), satisfy (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

  1. to fill, be full

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be full

        1. fulness, abundance (participle)

        2. to be full, be accomplished, be ended

      2. to consecrate, fill the hand

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be filled, be armed, be satisfied

      2. to be accomplished, be ended

    3. (Piel)

      1. to fill

      2. to satisfy

      3. to fulfil, accomplish, complete

      4. to confirm

    4. (Pual) to be filled

    5. (Hithpael) to mass themselves against

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָלֵא mâlêʼ, maw-lay'; or מָלָא mâlâʼ; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root; to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively):—accomplish, confirm, consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, × draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, have wholly.
STRONGS H4390: Abbreviations
מָלֵא 249 verb be full, fill (Late Hebrew id. (Pi. transitive); Zinjirli מלא (Pi. transitive) DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian malû (transitive and intransitive) DlHWB 409; Arabic bdb057001 (transitive) bdb057002, bdb057003 (intransitive); Ethiopic bdb057004 (transitive and intransitive); Aramaic bdb057005 (transitive), מְלָא (intransitive and transitive), Palmyrene proper name מלא = plenitude, VogPalm 7, 2 and others; Sabean מלא Os14 Levy-OsZMG xix.1863, 211 f. DHMZMG xxix.1875, 595); —
Qal 99 Perfect מ׳ Exodus 40:34 +; suffix מְלַאוֺ Esther 7:5; מָלֵאתָ Job 36:17; מָלֵאתִי Micah 3:8; Jeremiah 6:11; מָלֵ֫תִי Job 32:18; מָֽלְאוּ Genesis 29:21 +; מָלוּ Ezekiel 28:16 (מָלֵאתָ) Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co); מָלֵ֑אוּ Isaiah 1:15, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix חִמְלָאֵ֣מוֺ Exodus 15:9; יִמְלְאוּ Genesis 50:3 + 2 times; וַיִּמְלְאוּ Genesis 25:24; Genesis 50:3; Imperative מִלְאוּ Genesis 1:22 + 5 times; Infinitive construct מְלֹאת (מְלֹאות) Leviticus 8:33 + 12 times; Participle מָלֵא Jeremiah 23:24; מְלֵאִים Isaiah 6:1; (compare also below מָלֵא adjective); —
1. be full, usually with accusative material:
a. literally subject houses Exodus 8:17; Exodus 10:6 (both J) Judges 16:27; Isaiah 13:21; 2 Chronicles 5:13, compare Ezekiel 10:4 (strike out Co); winepress Joel 4:13; threshing-floor Joel 2:24; vessel 2 Kings 4:6; Job 21:24, etc.; Job 20:22 מְלֹאות (compare מְלֹא), i.e. fulness, abundance.
b. figurative, earth full of violence Genesis 6:13, compare Leviticus 19:29 (both P), Micah 6:12; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 23:10; Jeremiah 51:5; Psalm 26:10; Ezekiel 7:23 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 9:3, etc.; earth full of glory, mercy, goodness, knowledge, of מ׳ Psalm 33:5; Psalm 119:64; Isaiah 11:9; Habakkuk 3:3; compare also Psalm 48:11; Psalm 104:24, etc.; subject נֶפֶשׁ = desire be satisfied (full) with suffix Exodus 15:9; וְדִין רָשָׁע מ׳ Job 36:17 and of judgment on the wicked art thou full (hast thou thy fill), compare Di Du; מָלֵא לֵב לַעֲשׂוֺת רָ֑ע Ecclesiastes 8:11; especially of days, years, be full, accomplished, ended, Genesis 25:24; Genesis 29:21; Genesis 50:3 (twice in verse) (JE); Leviticus 8:33; Leviticus 12:4, 6; Leviticus 25:30; Numbers 6:5, 13 (P); 1 Samuel 18:26; 2 Samuel 7:12; Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 29:10; Lamentations 4:18; Ezekiel 5:2; 1 Chronicles 17:11; Esther 1:5; Esther 2:12; Daniel 10:3; compare also with other subject (literally) Jeremiah 25:34; Isaiah 40:2.
2. transitive fill, of populating sea and earth Genesis 1:22, 28; Genesis 9:1 (all P); consecrate מִלְאוּ יֶדְכֶם ליהוה; (literally fill the hand) Exodus 32:29 (compare below); especially of glory of י׳ filling tabernacle and temple; Exodus 40:34, 35 (P) 1 Kings 8:10, 11, compare Isaiah 6:1; see also Jeremiah 23:24, especially literal Ezekiel 10:3; Ezekiel 43:5; Ezekiel 44:4; 2 Chronicles 5:14; 7:1, 2; followed by 2 accusativefill jars (with) water 1 Kings 18:34; absolute overflow עַלכָּֿלגְּֿדוֺתָיו מ׳ Joshua 3:15 (compare 1 Chronicles 12:16 Pi.); figurative fill land with sin Jeremiah 16:18, compare Jeremiah 19:4; Ezekiel 8:17; Ezekiel 28:16, compare Ezekiel 30:11; מְלָאוֺ לִבּוֺ לַעֲשׂוֺתכֵּֿן Esther 7:5 (compare Ecclesiastes 8:11 above); מִלְאוּ הַשְּׁלָטִים Jeremiah 51:11 meaning obscure, see [שֶׁלֶט]; Gie proposes מִרְטוּ הַשּׁ׳ polish.
†Niph. Perfect נִמְלָאֿ Songs 5:2; Imperfect יִמָּלֵא 2 Samuel 23:7 + 9 times; וַיִּמָּלֵא Exodus 7:25 + 5 times; יִמָּֽלְא֫וּ Proverbs 3:10 + 2 times; יִמָּֽלֵ֑אוּ Proverbs 24:4; יִמָּֽלְאוּן Ezekiel 32:6; —
1. be filled, usually with accusative of material (with מִן of source Ecclesiastes 1:8, compare Ezekiel 32:6; with לְ Habakkuk 2:14); land, with people Exodus 1:7; compare 2 Kings 3:17, 20; Isaiah 2:7 (twice in verse); Isaiah 2:8; house with smoke Isaiah 6:4, compare Ezekiel 10:4; see also Proverbs 3:10; Proverbs 24:4; Jeremiah 13:12 (twice in verse); Zechariah 8:5; Songs 5:2; Ecclesiastes 11:3; 2 Kings 10:21; Ezekiel 32:6; = be armed 2 Samuel 23:7 (literally be filled or fill himself, i.e. his hand, with weapon, compare Pi. 2); be satisfied, subject נֶפֶשׁ = appetite Ecclesiastes 6:7; subject אֹזֶן Ecclesiastes 1:8; figurative earth filled with violence (compare Qal) Genesis 6:11, compare Ezekiel 9:9; Ezekiel 23:33; with glory and knowledge of י׳ Numbers 14:21; Habakkuk 2:14; Psalm 72:19; see also 1 Kings 7:14; Psalm 71:8; Psalm 126:2; Esther 3:5; Esther 5:9; Proverbs 20:17; absolute Ezekiel 26:2 (but Co below מָלֵא adjective, so Greek Version of the LXX Targum) Ezekiel 27:25.
2. be accomplished, ended, subject days Exodus 7:25; of an exchange, requital, Job 15:32.
Pi.112 Perfect מִלֵּא Exodus 35:35 +; מִלָּא Jeremiah 51:34; מִלֵּאתָ Deuteronomy 6:11 +; מִלְאוּ Numbers 32:11 +, etc.; Imperfect יְמַלֵּא Leviticus 8:33 +; יְמַלֵּה֗֗֗ Job 8:21; וַיְמַלְאוּ Genesis 42:25; Exodus 39:10; יְמַלֵּ֑אוּ Ezekiel 7:19, etc.; Imperative מַלֵּא Genesis 29:27 + 5 times; מַלְאוּ Jeremiah 4:5; Ezekiel 9:7; Infinitive construct מַלֵּא Exodus 29:29 + 5 times; מַלְּאוֺת (אֹת -) Exodus 31:5 + 5 times; suffix מַלְּאָם Jeremiah 33:5; Participle מְמַלֵּא Jeremiah 13:13; 1 Chronicles 12:15; plural מְמַלְאִים Isaiah 65:11 + 2 times; —
1. fill (often with 2 accusative; literal, with בְּ 2 Kings 9:24; Ezra 9:11; Job 40:31; with מִן Jeremiah 51:34; Psalm 127:5): Genesis 21:19; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 26:15; Genesis 42:25; Genesis 44:1; Exodus 2:16; Deuteronomy 6:11; Joshua 9:13; 1 Kings 18:35; 1 Kings 20:27; 2 Kings 3:25; 2 Kings 23:14; Isaiah 23:2; Job 3:15; Job 22:18; Jeremiah 41:9; Ezekiel 3:3; Ezekiel 7:19; Ezekiel 9:7; Ezekiel 10:2; Ezekiel 24:4; Nahum 2:13; Haggai 2:7; Psalm 129:7; 2 Chronicles 16:14, etc. (indefinite subject); fill (cup) with drink for libation Isaiah 65:11; figurative fill with spirit Exodus 28:3; Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:31 compare Exodus 35:35, Psalm 107:9; Isaiah 33:5; Jeremiah 15:17; fill (with blood) 2 Kings 21:16; with abominations Ezra 9:11 (with בְּ).
2. special uses are: satisfy appetite Job 38:39; Psalm 17:14; Proverbs 6:30; Job 20:23; Jeremiah 51:14 (figurative); take a handful of מִן כַּפּוֹ מ׳ Leviticus 9:17; grasp יָדוֺ בְּ מ׳ 2 Kings 9:24, compare (of laying arrow on bow) figurative הַקֶּשֶׁת בְּאֶפְרַיִם מ׳ Zechariah 9:13; overflow מְמַלֵּא עַלכָּֿלגְּֿד֯יֹתָיו 1 Chronicles 12:16 (compare Joshua 3:15 Qal); give in full וַיְמַלְאוּם לַמֶּלֶךְ 1 Samuel 18:27 (read וַיְמַלְּאֵם A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Vulgate We Dr Kit Bu); פּ׳ יַר מִלֵּא figurative for institute to a priestly office, consecrate Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:9, 29, 33, 35; Leviticus 8:33; Leviticus 16:32; Leviticus 21:10; Numbers 3:3; Judges 17:5, 12; 1 Kings 13:33; Ezekiel 43:26 (altar), 1 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Chronicles 13:9; 29:31 (compare Assyrian umallu ḳatu, confer upon, DlHWB 409); אַחֲרֵי מ׳ wholly follow י׳ Numbers 14:24; Numbers 32:11, 12; Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:8, 9, 14; 1 Kings 11:6; fill in, i.e. set precious stones Exodus 28:17 (בּוֺ מִלֻּאַת אֶבֶן מ׳) compare Exodus 31:5; Exodus 35:33; Exodus 39:10 (all P); etc.
3. fulfil, accomplish, complete, object week, year, day, Genesis 29:27, 28; Exodus 23:26; Isaiah 65:20; Job 39:2; 2 Chronicles 36:21; Daniel 9:2; object word, promise, etc.; subject י׳ 1 Kings 8:15, 24; 2 Chronicles 6:4, 15; Psalm 20:5; Psalm 20:6; subject men 1 Kings 2:27; Jeremiah 44:25; 2 Chronicles 36:21.
4. confirm words 1 Kings 1:14.
†Pu. Participle filled, i.e. set with jewels מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ Songs 5:14.
†Hithp. Imperfect עָלַי יִתְמַלָּא֑וּן Job 16:10, mass themselves against me; perhaps denominative from מְלֹא 2.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4391.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:22; 1:22; 1:28; 6:11; 6:13; 9:1; 21:19; 24:16; 25:24; 25:24; 26:15; 29:21; 29:21; 29:27; 29:27; 29:28; 42:25; 42:25; 44:1; 50:3; 50:3; 50:3

Exodus

1:7; 2:16; 7:25; 7:25; 8:17; 10:6; 15:9; 15:9; 23:26; 28:3; 28:17; 28:41; 29:9; 29:29; 29:29; 29:33; 29:35; 31:3; 31:5; 31:5; 32:29; 35:31; 35:33; 35:35; 35:35; 39:10; 39:10; 40:34; 40:34; 40:35

Leviticus

8:33; 8:33; 8:33; 8:33; 9:17; 12:4; 12:6; 16:32; 19:29; 21:10; 25:30

Numbers

3:3; 6:5; 6:13; 14:21; 14:24; 32:11; 32:11; 32:12

Deuteronomy

1:36; 6:11; 6:11

Joshua

3:15; 3:15; 9:13; 14:8; 14:9; 14:14

Judges

16:27; 17:5; 17:12

1 Samuel

18:26; 18:27

2 Samuel

7:12; 23:7; 23:7

1 Kings

1:14; 2:27; 7:14; 8:10; 8:11; 8:15; 8:24; 11:6; 13:33; 18:34; 18:35; 20:27

2 Kings

3:17; 3:20; 3:25; 4:6; 9:24; 9:24; 10:21; 21:16; 23:14

1 Chronicles

12:15; 12:16; 12:16; 17:11; 29:5

2 Chronicles

5:13; 5:14; 6:4; 6:15; 7:1; 7:2; 13:9; 16:14; 29:31; 36:21; 36:21

Ezra

9:11; 9:11

Esther

1:5; 2:12; 3:5; 5:9; 7:5; 7:5

Job

3:15; 8:21; 15:32; 16:10; 20:22; 20:23; 21:24; 22:18; 32:18; 36:17; 36:17; 38:39; 39:2

Psalms

17:14; 20:5; 20:6; 26:10; 33:5; 48:11; 71:8; 72:19; 104:24; 107:9; 119:64; 126:2; 127:5; 129:7

Proverbs

3:10; 3:10; 6:30; 20:17; 24:4; 24:4

Ecclesiastes

1:8; 1:8; 6:7; 8:11; 8:11; 9:3; 11:3

Song of Songs

5:2; 5:2; 5:14

Isaiah

1:15; 1:15; 2:7; 2:8; 6:1; 6:1; 6:4; 11:9; 13:21; 23:2; 33:5; 40:2; 65:11; 65:11; 65:20

Jeremiah

4:5; 6:11; 13:12; 13:13; 15:17; 16:18; 19:4; 23:10; 23:24; 23:24; 25:12; 25:34; 29:10; 33:5; 41:9; 44:25; 51:5; 51:11; 51:14; 51:34; 51:34

Lamentations

4:18

Ezekiel

3:3; 5:2; 7:19; 7:19; 7:23; 8:17; 9:7; 9:7; 9:9; 10:2; 10:3; 10:4; 10:4; 23:33; 24:4; 26:2; 27:25; 28:16; 28:16; 30:11; 32:6; 32:6; 32:6; 43:5; 43:26; 44:4

Daniel

9:2; 10:3

Joel

2:24

Micah

3:8; 6:12

Nahum

2:13

Habakkuk

2:14; 2:14; 3:3

Haggai

2:7

Zechariah

8:5; 9:13

H4390

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Strong's Number H4390 matches the Hebrew מָלָא (mālā'),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:15 - When you spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For you have rejected your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of things from the east
and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines,
and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:7 - Their land is filled with silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is filled with horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - Their land is filled with idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their own fingers have made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:1 - In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[fn] of his robe filled the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 - And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:9 - They shall not hurt or destroy
in all my holy mountain;
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 - But wild animals will lie down there,
and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there ostriches[fn] will dwell,
and there wild goats will dance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:21 - Prepare slaughter for his sons
because of the guilt of their fathers,
lest they rise and possess the earth,
and fill the face of the world with cities.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:9 - For the waters of Dibon[fn] are full of blood;
for I will bring upon Dibon even more,
a lion for those of Moab who escape,
for the remnant of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
pangs have seized me,
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:7 - Your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
and the horsemen took their stand at the gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2 - Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;
the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:6 - In days to come[fn] Jacob shall take root,
Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots
and fill the whole world with fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:8 - For all tables are full of filthy vomit,
with no space left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:27 - Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar,
burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke;[fn]
his lips are full of fury,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:5 - The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 - The LORD has a sword; it is sated with blood;
it is gorged with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:2 - Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare[fn] is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the LORD’s hand
double for all her sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:11 - But you who forsake the LORD,
who forget my holy mountain,
who set a table for Fortune
and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20 - No more shall there be in it
an infant who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not fill out his days,
for the young man shall die a hundred years old,
and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.
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