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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 - “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 - “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:43 - and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:20 - “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?” They answered, “Seven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:16 - Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:12 - But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25 - I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:29 - I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure 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 Lord’s, and everything in it.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:4 - But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:10 - to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:23 - which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:19 - and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:19 - For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:9 - For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
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