Lexicon :: Strong's H4390 - mālā'

God blessed them: “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”

Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness.[fn]

Then God said to Noah, “I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.

God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well. So she went and filled the waterskin and gave the boy a drink.

Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin ​— ​no man had been intimate with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up.

When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with dirt.

Then Jacob said to Laban, “Since my time is complete, give me my wife, so I can sleep with[fn] her.”

“Complete this week of wedding celebration, and we will also give you this younger one in return for working yet another seven years for me.”

Joseph then gave orders to fill their containers with grain, return each man’s silver to his sack, and give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out.

Joseph commanded his steward, “Fill the men’s bags with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver at the top of his bag.

They took forty days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

But the Israelites were fruitful, increased rapidly, multiplied, and became extremely numerous so that the land was filled with them.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Seven days passed after the LORD struck the Nile.

“But if you will not let my people go, then I will send swarms of flies[fn] against you, your officials, your people, and your houses. The Egyptians’ houses will swarm with flies, and so will the land where they live.[fn]

“They will fill your houses, all your officials’ houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians ​— ​something your fathers and grandfathers never saw since the time they occupied the land until today.” Then he turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

The enemy said:

“I will pursue, I will overtake,

I will divide the spoil.

My desire will be gratified at their expense.

I will draw my sword;

my hand will destroy[fn] them.”

“No woman will miscarry or be childless in your land. I will give you the full number of your days.

“You are to instruct all the skilled artisans,[fn] whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make Aaron’s garments for consecrating him to serve me as priest.

“Place a setting of gemstones[fn] on it, four rows of stones:

The first row should be

a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;[fn]

“Put these on your brother Aaron and his sons; then anoint, ordain,[fn] and consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests.

“Tie the sashes on Aaron and his sons and fasten headbands on them. The priesthood is to be theirs by a permanent statute. This is the way you will ordain Aaron and[fn] his sons.

“The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they can be anointed and ordained[fn] in them.

“They must eat those things by which atonement was made at the time of their ordination[fn] and consecration. An unauthorized person must not eat them, for these things are holy.

“This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all I have commanded you. Take seven days to ordain them.

“I have filled him with God’s Spirit, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in every craft

“to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every craft.

Afterward Moses said, “Today you have been dedicated[fn] to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother. Therefore you have brought a blessing on yourselves today.”

“He has filled him with God’s Spirit, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in every kind of craft

“to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every kind of artistic craft.

“He has filled them with skill[fn] to do all the work of a gem cutter; a designer; an embroiderer[fn] in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen; and a weaver. They can do every kind of craft and design artistic designs.

They mounted four rows of gemstones[fn] on it.

The first row was

a row of carnelian, topaz, and emerald;[fn]

The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

“Do not go outside the entrance to the tent of meeting for seven days, until the time your days of ordination are completed, because it will take seven days to ordain you.[fn]

Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning burnt offering.

“She will continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification.

“When her days of purification are complete, whether for a son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin[fn] offering.

“The priest who is anointed and ordained[fn] to serve as high priest in place of his father will make atonement. He will put on the linen garments, the holy garments,

“Do not debase[fn] your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

“The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained[fn] to wear the clothes, must not dishevel his hair[fn] or tear his clothes.

“If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its purchaser throughout his generations. It is not to be released on the Jubilee.

These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

“You must not cut his hair[fn] throughout the time of his vow of consecration. He may be holy until the time is completed during which he consecrates himself to the LORD; he is to let the hair of his head grow long.

“This is the law of the Nazirite: On the day his time of consecration is completed, he is to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

“Yet as I live and as the whole earth is filled with the LORD’s glory,