UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to be satisfied, to have one’s fill

Semantic entry: 23.18

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Eat, Drink

Definition: (two different forms of the same base, compare 23.17: ἐμπίπλημι) to be satisfied with food on the basis of having eaten enough

Notes: See also comments at 23.17: ἐμπίπλημι.

Collocations: or ἐμπιπλάομαι; ἐμπί(μ)πλαμαι

Sense 2: to enjoy

Semantic entry: 25.114

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Enjoy, Take Pleasure In, Be Fond of Doing

Definition: to enjoy something fully and completely, with the implication of satisfying one’s desires

Collocations: ἐμπί(μ)πλαμαι; ἐμπιπλάομαι

Sense 3: to satisfy with food, to fill with food

Semantic entry: 23.17

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Eat, Drink

Definition: (two different forms of the same base, compare 23.18: ἐμπίπλημι) to cause someone to be satisfied as the result of food which has been provided in sufficient quantity

Notes: It is possible that in RV LUK 1:53 · LV LUK 1:53 · Read together LUK 1:53 the reference is to God’s providence in general rather than merely to feeding the hungry.|A strictly literal rendering of ἐμπίμπλημι or ἐμπιπλάω in the sense of ‘to fill with food’ might carry the wrong implication, namely, ‘to stuff with food’ to the point of making someone extremely uncomfortable. It may therefore be important to divide somewhat the complex semantic components of meaning and to translate ‘to cause to eat much and to become happy’ or ‘to cause to eat enough and as a result to be content.’

Collocations: ἐμπί(μ)πλημι; ἐμπιπλάω