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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 17 times in 17 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:16 - “Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 - “Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:20 - “And when I fed the 4,000 with seven loaves, how many large baskets of leftovers did you pick up?”
“Seven,” they said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:16 - From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:12 - Now if the Gentiles were enriched because the people of Israel turned down God’s offer of salvation, think how much greater a blessing the world will share when they finally accept it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:25 - I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters,[fn] so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:10 - Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:29 - And I am sure that when I come, Christ will richly bless our time together.

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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 1Co 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:28 - (But suppose someone tells you, “This meat was offered to an idol.” Don’t eat it, out of consideration for the conscience of the one who told you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:4 - But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:10 - And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:23 - And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:19 - May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:19 - For God in all his fullness
was pleased to live in Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:9 - For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.[fn]
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