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πλήρηςStrong’s G4134

plērēs

Appears in 16 verses of the New Testament

In short

Plērēs is the Greek word usually translated “full”. It appears in 16 verses of the New Testament.

“Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.”
2 John 1:8 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • full 16

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 8
  • Matthew 2
  • Mark 2
  • Luke 2
  • John 1
  • 2 John 1

6 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 16 verses, by book
Matthew 2
14:2015:37
Mark 2
4:288:19
Luke 2
4:15:12
John 1
1:14
2 John 1
1:8
Greek dictionary

πλήρης plērēs · full

πλήρης, -ες [in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא ;] 1. full, filled: Mat.14:20 15:37; with genitive of thing(s), Mrk.8:19; λέπρας, Luk.5:12; metaphorically, of the soul: πνεύματος ἀγίου, Luk.4:1, Act.6:3 7:55 11:24; πίστεως, Act.6:5; χάριτος, ib. Act.6:8; χ. καὶ ἀληθείας (where π. is indecl.; see M, Pr., 50; Milligan, NTD, 65, with reff. in each), Jhn.1:14; δόλου, Act.13:10; θυμοῦ, Act.19:28; ἔργων ἀγαθῶν, Act.9:36. 2. full, complete: μισθός, II Jn 8; σῖτος (π. prob. in­decl. here; see on Jhn.1:14, supr.), Mrk.4:28.† (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.