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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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πληρόω

Strong’s: G4137

Associated OET lemmas: πληρόω

Other spellings: πληρόομαι

Notes: There are undoubtedly certain subtle differences of meaning in this set of terms in 13.106: ἀναπληρόω / 13.106: ἐκπληρόω / 13.106: πίμπλημι / 13.106: πληροφορέω / 13.106: πληρόω, but the distinctive features cannot be determined from existing contexts.; In a number of contexts it is difficult to determine whether the meanings in 67.69: ἐκπλήρωσις / 67.69: πλήρωμα and 67.70: πίμπλημι / 67.70: πληρόω / 67.70: συμπληρόω are primarily temporal or aspectual. If the meaning in any one context seems to focus upon the completion of an activity, then the meaning should be classified as aspectual (Domain 68 Aspect), but if the emphasis would seem to be primarily upon the end point of an activity, then one may legitimately classify these meanings as being temporal.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἀναπληρόω · ἀνταναπληρόω · ἀποπληρόω · ἐκπληρόω · ἐκπλήρωσις · πλήν · πλήρης · πληροφορέω · πληροφορία · πλήρωμα · προσαναπληρόω · συμπληρόω

Sense 1: to fill

Semantic entry: 59.37

Semantic domains: Quantity

Subdomains: Full, Empty

Definition: (derivative of πλήρης[a] ‘full,’ 59.35: πλήρης) to cause something to become full

Show passage in OET: MAT 13:48

OET-RV MAT 13:48

48 When it was full, they pulled it up onto the beach and sat and sorted the catch—throwing the good catch into containers and throwing out the bad stuff.

OET-LV MAT 13:48

48 which when it_was_filled, having_pulled_up on the shore and having_sat_down, they_gathered the good into containers, and the bad they_throw out.
Show passage in OET: MAT 23:32

OET-RV MAT 23:32

32 actually you’re just the same as your ancestors.

OET-LV MAT 23:32

32 Also you_all fill the measure of_the fathers of_you_all.

Jump to OET MAT 13:48 section.

Jump to OET MAT 23:32 section.

All 19 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 13:48 · OET MAT 23:32

LUK: OET LUK 2:40 · OET LUK 3:5

JHN: OET JHN 3:29 · OET JHN 12:3

ACT: OET ACT 2:2 · OET ACT 2:28 · OET ACT 5:28

ROM: OET ROM 1:29 · OET ROM 15:13–14

CO2: OET CO2 7:4

EPH: OET EPH 3:19 · OET EPH 4:10 · OET EPH 5:18

PHP: OET PHP 1:11

COL: OET COL 1:9

TI2: OET TI2 1:4

Sense 2: to make complete, to complete the number of

Semantic entry: 59.33

Semantic domains: Quantity

Subdomains: All, Any, Each, Every [Totality]

Definition: to make something total or complete

Show passage in OET: MRK 1:15

OET-RV MRK 1:15

15 saying, “The promised time is here, and God’s kingdom is now near. Turn from your sins and believe this good news.”

OET-LV MRK 1:15

15 and saying, that The time has_been_fulfilled and the kingdom of_ the _god has_neared, be_repenting and be_believing in the good_message.
Show passage in OET: JHN 15:11

OET-RV JHN 15:11

11 “I’ve told you these things so that I’ll be happy with you all, and so that your happiness will be genuine and long-lasting.

OET-LV JHN 15:11

11 I_have_spoken these things to_you_all, in_order_that the my the joy may_be in you_all, and the joy of_you_all may_be_fulfilled.

Jump to OET MRK 1:15 section.

Jump to OET JHN 15:11 section.

All 12 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: OET MRK 1:15

JHN: OET JHN 15:11 · OET JHN 16:24 · OET JHN 17:13

ROM: OET ROM 8:4 · OET ROM 13:8

CO2: OET CO2 10:6

EPH: OET EPH 1:23

PHP: OET PHP 2:2

COL: OET COL 2:10

JN1: OET JN1 1:4

REV: OET REV 6:11

Sense 3: to finish, to complete

Semantic entry: 68.26

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Complete, Finish, Succeed

Definition: to finish an activity after having done everything involved

Show passage in OET: LUK 7:1

OET-RV LUK 7:1

7 After Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) had finished sharing those messages with the people, he entered Kafarnaoum (Capernaum) town.

OET-LV LUK 7:1

7 After he_fulfilled all the messages of_him in the hearing of_the people, he_came_in into Kafarnaʼoum.
Show passage in OET: ACT 12:25

OET-RV ACT 12:25

25 By then Barnabas and Sha’ul (Saul; Grk. Saulos/Saul) had completed their ministry and returned to Yerushalem (Jerusalem) taking Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes) Markos (Yohan Markos) along with them.

OET-LV ACT 12:25

25 And Barnabas and Saulos/(Shāʼūl) returned to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), having_fulfilled the service, having_taken_along_with them Yōannaʸs, which having_been_called Markos.

Jump to OET LUK 7:1 section.

Jump to OET ACT 12:25 section.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 7:1

ACT: OET ACT 12:25 · OET ACT 13:25 · OET ACT 14:26 · OET ACT 19:21

TH2: OET TH2 1:11

Sense 4: to provide for completely, to supply fully

Semantic entry: 35.33

Semantic domains: Help, Care For

Subdomains: Provide For, Support

Definition: to provide for by supplying a complete amount

Notes: ‘To be fully provided for’ may be expressed as ‘to have all that one needs.’

Show passage in OET: PHP 4:18

OET-RV PHP 4:18

18 But now I’ve received everything I need. I have plenty now that Epafroditos arrived with what you all sent. It was like a fragrant sacrifice that’s acceptable to God and which pleases him.

OET-LV PHP 4:18

18 But I_am_receiving_fully all things, and I_am_being_plentiful, I_have_been_filled, having_received from Epafroditos the things from you_all, an_aroma of_a_sweet_fragrance, a_sacrifice acceptable, well_pleasing to_ the _god.
Show passage in OET: PHP 4:19

OET-RV PHP 4:19

19 My God will meet all of your needs from his riches in heaven in Messiah Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus)—

OET-LV PHP 4:19

19 But the god of_me will_be_filling all the_need of_you_all, according_to the riches of_him in glory in chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa).

Jump to OET PHP 4:18 section.

Jump to OET PHP 4:19 section.

Sense 5: to proclaim, to tell fully, to proclaim completely

Semantic entry: 33.199

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Inform, Announce

Definition: to relate fully the content of a message

Show passage in OET: ROM 15:19

OET-RV ROM 15:19

19 powerful miracles and amazing things in the power of God’s spirit, so that from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) all the way around to Illurikon, I’ve obeyed the Messiah’s good message.

OET-LV ROM 15:19

19 in power of_signs and wonders in the_power of_the_spirit of_god, so_that me from Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) and around unto the Illurikon, to_have_fulfilled the good_message of_the chosen_one/messiah,
Show passage in OET: COL 1:25

OET-RV COL 1:25

25 I became a servant of the assembly under God’s supervision when he gave me the work of fulfilling God’s message—

OET-LV COL 1:25

25 of_which I became a_servant, according_to the management of_ the _god, which having_been_given to_me for you_all, to_fulfill the message of_ the _god,

Jump to OET ROM 15:19 section.

Jump to OET COL 1:25 section.

Sense 6: to give the true meaning to, to provide the real significance of

Semantic entry: 33.144

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Interpret, Mean, Explain

Definition: to give the true or complete meaning to something

Notes: In speaking of ‘true meaning,’ it may be useful in some languages to use a phrase meaning ‘real intent’ or ‘real purpose.’

Show passage in OET: MAT 5:17

OET-RV MAT 5:17

17 “Don’t imagine that I came to criticise the prophets or Mosheh’s (Moses) instructions. I didn’t come to oppose the scriptures, but to fulfil them,

OET-LV MAT 5:17

17 You_all_may_ not _think that I_came to_tear_down the law or the prophets, I_came not to_tear_down, but to_fulfill.
Show passage in OET: GAL 5:14

OET-RV GAL 5:14

14 because the entire law can be fulfilled by obeying one rule: Love your neighbour like yourself.

OET-LV GAL 5:14

14 For/Because the whole law has_been_fulfilled in one message, in that:
You_will_be_loving the neighbour of_you as yourself.

Jump to OET MAT 5:17 section.

Jump to OET GAL 5:14 section.

Sense 7: to cause to happen, to make happen, to fulfill

Semantic entry: 13.106

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Happen

Definition: to cause to happen, with the implication of fulfilling some purpose{N:001}

Show passage in OET: MAT 1:22

OET-RV MAT 1:22

22 Now all that happened in fulfilment of what Yahweh had said through the prophet,

OET-LV MAT 1:22

22 And all this has_become, in_order_that the thing having_been_spoken by the_master through the prophet may_be_fulfilled saying,
Show passage in OET: MAT 2:15

OET-RV MAT 2:15

15 They stayed there until Herodes’s death, in order to fulfil what Yahweh had said through the prophet Hoshea (Hosea): “I called my son out of Mitsrayim.”

OET-LV MAT 2:15

15 and he_was there until the death of_Haʸrōdaʸs, in_order_that the message may_be_fulfilled having_been_spoken by the_master through the prophet saying:
I_called the son of_me out_of of_Aiguptos.

Jump to OET MAT 1:22 section.

Jump to OET MAT 2:15 section.

All 34 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 1:22 · OET MAT 2:15 · OET MAT 2:17 · OET MAT 2:23 · OET MAT 3:15 · OET MAT 4:14 · OET MAT 8:17 · OET MAT 12:17 · OET MAT 13:35 · OET MAT 21:4 · OET MAT 26:54 · OET MAT 26:56 · OET MAT 27:9

MRK: OET MRK 14:49

LUK: OET LUK 1:20 · OET LUK 4:21 · OET LUK 9:31 · OET LUK 22:16 · OET LUK 24:44

JHN: OET JHN 7:8 · OET JHN 12:38 · OET JHN 13:18 · OET JHN 15:25 · OET JHN 17:12 · OET JHN 18:9 · OET JHN 18:32 · OET JHN 19:24 · OET JHN 19:36

ACT: OET ACT 1:16 · OET ACT 3:18 · OET ACT 13:27

COL: OET COL 4:17

TH2: OET TH2 1:11

JAM: OET JAM 2:23

Sense 8: to make think, to fill the heart, to cause to decide

Semantic entry: 30.29

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Think, Thought

Definition: (an idiom, literally: ‘to fill the heart)to cause someone to think in a particular manner, often as a means of inducing some behavior

Collocations: πληρόω τὴν καρδίαν

Show passage in OET: JHN 16:6

OET-RV JHN 16:6

6 rather you are all just weighed down because I’ve told you these things.

OET-LV JHN 16:6

6 But because I_have_spoken these things to_you_all, the sorrow has_filled the heart of_you_all.
Show passage in OET: ACT 5:3

OET-RV ACT 5:3

3 Then Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) said, “Hananyah, why has Satan filled your mind such that you would lie to the holy spirit and keep aside some of the proceeds of the property?

OET-LV ACT 5:3

3 But the Petros said:
Ananias, because/for_ Why _reason the Satan/(Sāţān) filled the heart of_you, for_you to_lie to_the the holy spirit, and to_embezzle from the value of_the property?

Jump to OET JHN 16:6 section.

Jump to OET ACT 5:3 section.

Sense 9: to complete, to come to an end

Semantic entry: 67.70

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: A Point of Time with Reference to Duration of Time: Beginning, End

Definition: to come to the end of a period of time, with the implication of the completion of an implied purpose or plan{N:002}

Notes: In a number of languages it may be difficult to speak of a period of time being ‘complete.’ In OET LUK 1:23 one may often translate as ‘when he had finished his period of service’ or even ‘when he had done his work.’ In the case of OET ACT 7:30, the expression ‘after forty years were completed’ may be rendered in some languages as ‘after forty years were passed’ or ‘when forty years had happened.’

Forms: πληρόομαι[a]

Show passage in OET: LUK 21:24

OET-RV LUK 21:24

24 They’ll be cut down with swords and taken to many other countries as slaves, then Yerushalem will be overrun by non-Jews until the times given to the non-Jews will be fulfilled.

OET-LV LUK 21:24

24 And they_will_be_falling by_the_edge of_the_sword, and they_will_be_being_made_captive into all the nations, and Hierousalaʸm will_be being_trodden by the_pagans, until of_which the_times of_the_pagans may_be_fulfilled.
Show passage in OET: ACT 7:23

OET-RV ACT 7:23

23 But when he hit forty, it entered his mind to visit his relatives, the Israelis.

OET-LV ACT 7:23

23 But when a_ forty_year _time was_being_fulfilled to_him, went_up in the heart of_him to_visit the brothers of_him, the sons of_Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl).

Jump to OET LUK 21:24 section.

Jump to OET ACT 7:23 section.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: OET LUK 21:24

ACT: OET ACT 7:23 · OET ACT 7:30 · OET ACT 9:23 · OET ACT 24:27

REV: OET REV 3:2

Sense 10: to be completely, to be entirely, to be full of, to be totally

Semantic entry: 78.46

Semantic domains: Degree

Subdomains: Completely, Enough [Completive Degree]

Definition: to experience a complete degree of involvement in some event or state

Forms: πληρόομαι[b]

Show passage in OET: ACT 13:52

OET-RV ACT 13:52

52 Meanwhile the believers back in Pisidian Antiokeia were full of happiness and of the holy spirit.

OET-LV ACT 13:52

52 And the apprentices/followers were_being_filled with_joy and the_ holy _spirit.
Show passage in OET: JN2 1:12

OET-RV JN2 1:12

12 I’ve got many things that I wanted to write to you about, but paper and ink aren’t working for me so I’ll try to come and then we can talk directly because I want you all to experience genuine happiness.

OET-LV JN2 1:12

12 Having many things to_be_writing to_you_all, I_was_ not _counselled through paper and ink, but I_am_hoping to_become to you_all, and to_speak mouth to mouth, in_order_that the joy of_you_all may_be having_been_fulfilled.

Jump to OET ACT 13:52 section.

Jump to OET JN2 1:12 section.