gemizō (to fill)

Meaning

Usually translated “filled”, “is being filled up” and “having filled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

filled 2
is being filled up 1
having filled 1
may be filled 1
do fill 1
they filled 1
was filled 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Mark 2
John 2
Revelation 2
Luke 1

4 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Mark 15:36And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
Luke 14:23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
John 2:7Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
John 6:13Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
Revelation 8:5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

Greek dictionary

γεμίζω gemizō · to fill

γεμίζω (γέμω), [in LXX: Gen.45:17 (טען), 3Ma.5:47, 4Ma.3:14 * ;] to fill; 1. properly, of a ship (Thuc, al.): Mrk.4:37 (pass.). 2. In late writers, generally (MGr., see Kennedy, Sources, 155), with accusative, before genitive, Mrk.15:36, Jhn.2:7 6:13, Rev.15:8; ἀπό, Luk.15:16, Rec. WH, mg.; ἐκ, Luk.15:16, WH, Rev.8:5. Pass., absol.: Luk.14:23. † (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “fill” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FILL, verb transitive

[Gr. allied perhaps to fold and felt; to stuff; Latin pilus, pileus. We are told that the Gr. to approach, signified originally to thrust or drive, Latin pello, and contracted, it is rendered to fill and is full.]

Properly, to press; to crowd; to stuff.“FILL the water pots with water:and they filled them to the brim” John 2:7
To store; to supply with abundance.“Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas” Genesis 1:22
To cause to abound; to make universally prevalent.“The earth was filled with violence” Genesis 6:11
To satisfy; to content.“Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?” Matthew 15:33

All definitions and other forms of “fill”

To glut; to surfeit.
To make plump; as, in a good season the grain is well filled.
To press and dilate on all sides or to the extremities; as, the sails were filled.
To supply with liquor; to pour into; as, to fill a glass for a guest.
To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or vacancy.
To hold; to possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the house fills the chair.
In seamanship, to brace the sails so that the wind will bear upon them and dilate them.
To fill up, to make full.
To occupy; to fill Seek to fill up life with useful employments.
To fill; to occupy the whole extent; as, to fill up a given space.
To engage or employ; as, to fill up time.
To complete; as, to fill up the measure of sin. Matthew 23:32
To complete; to accomplish.“And fill up what is behind of the afflictions of Christ” Colossians 1:24

FILL, verb intransitive

To fill a cup or glass for drinking; to give to drink.“In the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double” Revelation 18:6
To grow or become full. corn fills well in a warm season.
To glut; to satiate.

FILL, noun

Fullness; as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. Eat and drink to the fill take your fill of joy.

“The land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill and dwell therein in safety” Leviticus 25:19

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.