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Strong's G4137 · Greek

πληρόω

pleroo · play-ro'-o

from 4134; 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.


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πληρόω (G4137)

86 πληρόω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא ;] to fill , make full , fill to the full , c. acc.; of things: pass. ( σαψήνη , φάραγξ ), Mt 13:48 , Lk 3:5 (LXX) ; fig., Mt 23:32 ; but chiefly of immaterial things: πᾶσαν χρείαν , Phl 4:19 ; ἦχος ἐπλήρωσε τ. οἶκον , Ac 2:2 ; c. gen. rei (cl.), Ac 5:28 ; pass., seq. ἐκ , Jo 12:3 (cf. B1., § 36, 4); π. τ. καρδίαν , Jo 16:6 , Ac 5:3 ; metaph., of the all-pervading activity of Christ, Eph 4:10 ; mid., Eph 1:23 ; of persons: to fill with, cause to abound in: c. gen. rei (cl.), Ac 2:28 (LXX) , Ro 15:13 ; pass., to be filled with, abound in: Eph 3:19 , Phl 4:18 ; c. gen. rei (cl.), Ac 13:52 , Ro 15:14 , II Ti 1:4 ; c. dat. (Æsch., al.), Lk 2:40 (c. gen., T), Ro 1:29 , II Co 7:4 ; c. acc. (so in π. , v. MM, xx), Phl 1:11 , Col 1:9 ; seq. ἐν , Eph 5:18 , Col 2:10 . to complete ; to complete , fulfil : of number, Re 6:11 , WH, txt.; of time (MM, xx), Mk 1:15 , Lk 21:24 , Jo 7:8 , Ac 7:23 , 30 9:23 24:27 ; ἐυδοκίαν , II Th 1:11 ; τ. χαράν , Phl 2:2 ; pass., Jo 3:29 15:11 16:24 17:13 , I Jo 1:4 , II Jo 12 ; τ. ἔργα , Re 3:2 ; ἡ ὑπακοή , II Co 10:6 ; τ. πάσχα , Lk 22:16 ; to execute , accomplish , carry out to the full : Mt 3:15 , Lk 7:1 9:31 , Ac 12:25 13:25 14:26 19:21 , Ro 8:4 13:8 15:19 , Ga 5:14 , Col 1:25 4:17 , Re 6:11 , T, WH, R, mg.; of sayings, prophecies, etc., to bring to pass , fulfil : Mt 1:22 2:15 , 17 , 23 4:14 5:17 8:17 12:17 13:35 21:4 26:54 , 56 27:9 , Mk 14:49 15:28 (WH, R, txt. om.), Lk 1:20 4:21 24:44 , Jo 12:38 13:18 15:25 17:12 18:9 , 32 19:24 , 36 , Ac 1:16 3:18 13:27 , Ja 2:23 (cf. Lft., Col. , 255 ff.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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