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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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 15 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:32

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Let the sea [fn]roar, as well as its fullness;

Let the field exult, and all that is in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1 -

Of David. A Psalm.

The earth is Yahweh’s, as well as its fullness,

The world, and those who dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 -

“If I were hungry I would not tell you,

For the world is Mine, as well as its fullness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 -

The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;

The world and its fullness, You have founded them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:11

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Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;

Let the sea [fn]roar, as well as its fullness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 -

Let the sea roar, as well as its fullness,

The world and those who dwell in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 -

“His eyes are like doves

Beside streams of water,

Washed in milk,

And sitting in their setting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 -

From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses;

At the sound of the neighing of his valiant steeds

The whole land quakes;

And they come and devour the land as well as its fullness,

The city and its inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - Thus says Yahweh:

“Behold, waters are going to rise from the north

And become an overflowing torrent,

And overflow the land as well as its fullness,

The city and those who inhabit it;

And the men will cry out,

And every inhabitant of the land will wail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - “Then you will say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, “They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with desolation because [fn]their very soil will be made desolate of its fullness on account of the violence of all who inhabit it.

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‘He [fn]knew how to destroy their [fn]fortified towers

And laid waste their cities;

And the land was in desolation, as well as its fullness

Because of the sound of his roaring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:12

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“Moreover, I will make the canals of the Nile dry

And sell the land into the hands of evil men.

And I will make the land desolate,

As well as its fullness,

By the hand of strangers; I, Yahweh, have spoken.”

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