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Be full

γέμωStrong’s G1073

gemō

Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament

In short

Gemō is the Greek word usually translated “being full”, “are full” and “is full”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.”
Matthew 23:25 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • being full 4
  • they are full 2
  • is full 2
  • full 2
  • are being full 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Revelation 7
  • Matthew 2
  • Luke 1
  • Romans 1

4 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 11 verses, by book
Matthew 2
23:2523:27
Luke 1
11:39
Romans 1
3:14
Greek dictionary

γέμω gemō · be full

γέμω (used only in present and impf.), [in LXX for מלא, נשׂא ;] to be full; 1. properly, of a ship (Xen.). 2. Generally (Plat., al.), (a) with genitive of thing(s): Mat.23:27, Luk.11:39, Rom.3:14" (LXX), Rev.4:6, 8 5:8 15:7 17:3 (Rec.) 4 21:9 (b) before ἐκ: Mat.23:25; (with) with accusative of thing(s) (called a solecism in WM, 251; Bl., §36, 4), as in later Gk. from Byz. to Mod. times (Jannaris, Gr., 1319): Rev.17:3. † (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

FULL, adjective

  1. Replete; having within its limits all that it can contain; as a vessel full of liquor.
  2. Abounding with; having a large quantity or abundance; as a house full of furniture; life is full of cares and perplexities.
  3. Supplied; not vacant.
  4. Plump; fat; as a full body.
All definitions and other forms of “full”
  1. Saturated; sated.“I am full of the burnt offerings of rams” Isaiah 1:11
  2. Crowded, with regard to the imagination or memory.
  3. Large; entire; not partial; that fills; as a full meal.
  4. Complete; entire; not defective or partial; as the full accomplishment of a prophecy.
  5. Complete; entire; without abatement.“It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharoah dreamed -” Genesis 41:1
  6. Containing the whole matter; expressing the whole; as a full narration or description.
  7. Strong; not faint or attenuated; loud; clear; distinct; as a full voice or sound.
  8. Mature; perfect; as a person of full age.
  9. Entire; complete; denoting the completion of a sentence; as a full stop or point.
  10. Spread to view in all dimensions; as a head drawn with a full face.
  11. Exhibiting the whole disk or surface illuminated; as the full moon.
  12. Abundant; plenteous; sufficient.
  13. Adequate; equal; as a full compensation or reward for labor.
  14. Well fed.
  15. Well supplied or furnished; abounding.
  16. Copious; ample.

FULL, noun

  1. Complete measure; utmost extent. this instrument answers to the full
  2. The highest state or degree.
  3. The whole; the total; in the phrase, at full
  4. The state of satiety; as fed to the full

FULL, adverb

  1. Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution.
  2. With the whole effect.
  3. Exactly.
  4. Directly; as, he looked him full in the face.“FULL well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition” Mark 7:9

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

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.