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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 15 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:32 - Let the sea and everything in it shout! Let the fields and everything in them celebrate!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:1 - The LORD owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 - Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:11 - The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:11 - Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 98:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:7 - Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 - The snorting of the enemy's horses is already being heard in the city of Dan. The sound of the neighing of their stallions causes the whole land to tremble with fear. They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it! They are coming to destroy the cities and everyone who lives in them!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - "Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:19 - Then say to the people of the land, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says about the inhabitants of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in fright, for their land will be stripped bare of all it contains because of the violence of all who live in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:7 - He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:12 - I will dry up the waterways and hand the land over to evil men. I will make the land and everything in it desolate by the hand of foreigners. I, the LORD, have spoken!
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