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Lexicon :: Strong's G4137 - plēroō

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πληρόω
Transliteration
plēroō (Key)
Pronunciation
play-ro'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
86x in 38 unique form(s)
TR
90x in 41 unique form(s)
LXX
84x in 34 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 6:286,867

Strong’s Definitions

πληρόω plēróō, play-ro'-o; from G4134; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:—accomplish, × after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x

The KJV translates Strong's G4137 in the following manner: fulfil (51x), fill (19x), be full (7x), complete (2x), end (2x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 90x
The KJV translates Strong's G4137 in the following manner: fulfil (51x), fill (19x), be full (7x), complete (2x), end (2x), miscellaneous (9x).
  1. to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full

    1. to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally

      1. I abound, I am liberally supplied

  2. to render full, i.e. to complete

    1. to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim

    2. to consummate: a number

      1. to make complete in every particular, to render perfect

      2. to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking)

    3. to carry into effect, bring to realisation, realise

      1. of matters of duty: to perform, execute

      2. of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish

      3. to fulfil, i.e. to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πληρόω plēróō, play-ro'-o; from G4134; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:—accomplish, × after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.
STRONGS G4137:
πληρόω πληρῶ (infinitive πληροῦν Luke 9:31, see WH's Appendix, p. 166); imperfect 3 person singular ἐπλήρου; future πληρώσω; 1 aorist ἐπλήρωσα; perfect πεπλήρωκα; passive, present πληροῦμαι; imperfect ἐπληρουμην; perfect πεπλήρωμαι; 1 aorist ἐπληρώθην; 1 future πληρωθήσομαι; future middle πληρώσομαι (once, Revelation 6:11 Rec.); (from ΠΛηΡΟΣ equivalent to πλήρης); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for מָלֵא;
1. to make full, to fill, to fill up: τήν σαγηνην, passive, Matthew 13:48; equivalent to "to fill to the full, πᾶσαν χρείαν, Philippians 4:19; to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally: πεπλήρωμαι, I abound, I am liberally supplied, namely, with what is necessary for subsistence, Philippians 4:18; Hebraistically, with the accusative of the thing in which one abounds (cf. Buttmann, § 134, 7; Winer's Grammar, § 32, 5): of spiritual possessions, Philippians 1:11 (where Rec. has καρπῶν); Colossians 1:9, (ἐνέπλησα αὐτόν πνεῦμα σοφίας, Exodus 31:3; Exodus 35:31); equivalent to to flood, οἰκία ἐπληρώθη (Tr marginal reading ἐπλήσθη) ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς, John 12:3 (see ἐκ, II. 5); ἦχος ἐπλήρωσε τόν οἶκον, Acts 2:2; with a genitive of the thing, τήν Ἱερουσαλήμ τῆς διδαχῆς, Acts 5:28 (Libanius, epistles 721 πάσας — i. e. πόλειςἐνέπλησας τῶν ὑπέρ ἡμῶν λόγων; Justin, hist. 11, 7 Phrygiam religionibus implevit); τινα, equivalent to to fill, diffuse throughout one's soul: with a genitive of the thing, Luke 2:40 R G L text T Tr marginal reading (see below); Acts 2:28; passive, Acts 13:52; Romans 15:13 (where L marginal reading πληροφορέω, which see in c.), 14; 2 Timothy 1:4; with a dative of the thing (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 7), passive (Luke 2:40 L marginal reading Tr text WH); Romans 1:29; 2 Corinthians 7:4; followed by ἐν with a dative of the instrument: ἐν πνεύματι, Ephesians 5:18; ἐν παντί θελήματι Θεοῦ, with everything which God wills (used of those who will nothing but what God wills), Colossians 4:12 R G (but see πληροφορέω, c.); πληροῦν τήν καρδίαν τίνος, to pervade, take possession of, one's heart, John 16:6; Acts 5:3; Christians are said πληροῦσθαι, simply, as those who are pervaded (i. e. richly furnished) with the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit: ἐν αὐτῷ, rooted as it were in Christ, i. e. by virtue of the intimate relationship entered into with him, Colossians 2:10 (cf. ἐν, I. 6 b.); εἰς πᾶν τό πλήρωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ (see πλήρωμα, 1), Ephesians 3:19 (not WH marginal reading); Christ, exalted to share in the divine administration, is said πληροῦν τά πάντα, to fill (pervade) the universe with his presence, power, activity, Ephesians 4:10; also πληροῦσθαι (middle for himself, i. e. to execute his counsels (cf. Winers Grammar, 258 (242); Buttmann, § 134, 7)) τά πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν, all things in all places, Ephesians 1:23 (μή οὐχί τόν οὐρανόν καί τήν γῆν ἐγώ πληρῶ, λέγει κύριος, Jeremiah 23:24; Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wis. 1:7, p. 55, cites examples from Philo and others; ((but ἐν πᾶσιν here is variously understood; see πᾶς, II. 2 b. δ. αα. and the commentaries))).
2. to render full, i. e. to complete;
a. properly, to fill up to the top: πᾶσαν φάραγγα, Luke 3:5; so that nothing shall be lacking to full measure, fill to the brim, μέτρον (which see, 1 a.), Matthew 23:32.
b. to perfect, consummate;
α. a number: ἕως πληρωθῶσι καί οἱ σύνδουλοι, until the number of their comrades also shall have been made complete, Revelation 6:11 L WH text,cf. Düsterdieck at the passage (see γ. below). by a Hebraism (see πίμπλημι, at the end) time is said πληροῦσθαι, πεπληρωμένος, either when a period of time that was to elapse has passed, or when a definite time is at hand: Mark 1:15; Luke 21:24; John 7:8; Acts 7:23, 30; Acts 9:23; Acts 24:27 (Genesis 25:24; Genesis 29:21; Leviticus 8:33; Leviticus 12:4; Leviticus 25:30; Numbers 6:5; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 4, 6; 6, 4, 1; πληροῦν τόν τέλεον ἐνιαυτόν, Plato, Tim., p. 39d.; τούς χρόνους, legg. 9, p. 866a.).
β. to make complete in every particular; to render perfect: πᾶσαν εὐδοκίαν κ.τ.λ. 2 Thessalonians 1:11; τήν χαράν, Philippians 2:2; passive, John 3:29; John 15:11; John 16:24; John 17:13; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 1:12; τά ἔργα, passive, Revelation 3:2; τήν ὑπακοήν, to cause all to obey, passive, 2 Corinthians 10:6; τό πάσχα, Luke 22:16 (Jesus speaks here allegorically: until perfect deliverance and blessedness be celebrated in the heavenly state).
γ. to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking): πάντα τά ῤήματα, Luke 7:1; τήν διακονίαν, Acts 12:25; Colossians 4:17; τό ἔργον, Acts 14:26; τόν δρόμον, Acts 13:25; namely, τόν δρόμον, Revelation 6:11 according to the reading πληρωσωσι (G T Tr WH marginal reading) or πληρωσονται (Rec.) (see α. above); ὡς ἐπληρώθη ταῦτα, when these things were ended, Acts 19:21. Here belongs also πληροῦν τό εὐαγγέλιον, to cause to be everywhere known, acknowledged, embraced (A. V. I have fully preached), Romans 15:19; in the same sense τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Colossians 1:25.
c. to carry into effect, bring to realization, realize;
α. of matters of duty, to perform, execute: τόν νόμον, Romans 13:8; Galatians 5:14; τό δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, passive, ἐν ἡμῖν, among us, Romans 8:4; πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην, Matthew 3:15 (εὐσέβειαν, 4 Macc. 12:15); τήν ἔξοδον (as something appointed and prescribed by God), Luke 9:31.
β. of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish; so in the phrases ἵνα or ὅπως πληρωθῇ γραφή, τό ῤηθέν, etc. (el. Knapp, Seripta var. Arg., p. 533f): Matthew 1:22; Matthew 2:15, 17, 23; Matthew 4:14; Matthew 8:17; Matthew 12:17; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 21:4; Matthew 26:54, 56; Matthew 27:9, 35 Rec.; Mark 14:49; Mark 15:28 (which verse G T WH omits; but Tr brackets it); Luke 1:20; Luke 4:21; Luke 21:22 Rec.; Luke 24:44; John 12:38; John 13:18; John 15:25; John 17:12; John 18:9, 32; John 19:24, 36; Acts 1:16; Acts 3:18; Acts 13:27; James 2:23 (1 Kings 2:27; 2 Chronicles 36:22).
γ. universally and absolutely, to fulfil, i. e. "to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment": Matthew 5:17; cf. Weiss, Das Matthäusevang. as above with, p. 146f (Compare: ἀναπληρόω, ἀνταναπληρόω, προσαναπληρόω, ἐκπληρόω, συμπληρόω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
25:24; 29:21
Exodus
31:3; 35:31
Leviticus
8:33; 12:4; 25:30
Numbers
6:5
1 Kings
2:27
2 Chronicles
36:22
Jeremiah
23:24
Matthew
1:22; 2:15; 2:17; 2:23; 3:15; 4:14; 5:17; 8:17; 12:17; 13:35; 13:48; 21:4; 23:32; 26:54; 26:56; 27:9; 27:35
Mark
1:15; 14:49; 15:28
Luke
1:20; 2:40; 2:40; 3:5; 4:21; 7:1; 9:31; 9:31; 21:22; 21:24; 22:16; 24:44
John
3:29; 7:8; 12:3; 12:38; 13:18; 15:11; 15:25; 16:6; 16:24; 17:12; 17:13; 18:9; 18:32; 19:24; 19:36
Acts
1:16; 2:2; 2:28; 3:18; 5:3; 5:28; 7:23; 7:30; 9:23; 12:25; 13:25; 13:27; 13:52; 14:26; 19:21; 24:27
Romans
1:29; 8:4; 13:8; 15:13; 15:19
2 Corinthians
7:4; 10:6
Galatians
5:14
Ephesians
1:23; 3:19; 4:10; 5:18
Philippians
1:11; 2:2; 4:18; 4:19
Colossians
1:9; 1:25; 2:10; 4:12; 4:17
2 Thessalonians
1:11
2 Timothy
1:4
James
2:23
1 John
1:4
2 John
1:12
Revelation
3:2; 6:11; 6:11; 6:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4137 matches the Greek πληρόω (plēroō),
which occurs 90 times in 90 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:22 - Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:15 - And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:17 - Then was fulfilled G4137 that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:23 - And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:15 - And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil G4137 all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:14 - That it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:17 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:17 - That it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:17 - That it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - That it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:48 - Which, when it was full, G4137 they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:4 - All this was done, that it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - Fill G4137  ye up G4137 then the measure of your fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:54 - But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, G4137 that thus it must be?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:56 - But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. G4137 Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:9 - Then was fulfilled G4137 that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:35 - And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled G4137 which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:15 - And saying, The time is fulfilled, G4137 and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:49 - I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:28 - And the scripture was fulfilled, G4137 which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:20 - And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled G4137 in their season.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:40 - And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled G4137 with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:5 - Every valley shall be filled, G4137 and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:21 - And he began to say unto them, This day is G4137  this scripture fulfilled G4137 in your ears.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:1 - Now when he had ended G4137 all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:31 - Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish G4137 at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:22 - For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:24 - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:16 - For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled G4137 in the kingdom of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:44 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, G4137 which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:8 - Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is G4137  not yet full come. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:3 - Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled G4137 with the odour of the ointment.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:38 - That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, G4137 which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:18 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, G4137 He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:11 - These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:25 - But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled G4137 that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:6 - But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled G4137 your heart.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:24 - Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:13 - And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled G4137 in themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:9 - That the saying might be fulfilled, G4137 which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:32 - That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, G4137 which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:24 - They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, G4137 which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:36 - For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, G4137 A bone of him shall not be broken.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:16 - Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, G4137 which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:2 - And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled G4137 all the house where they were sitting.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:28 - Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make G4137  me full G4137 of joy with thy countenance.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:18 - But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath G4137  so fulfilled. G4137
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:3 - But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled G4137 thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

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