Fulfillment
πλήρωμαStrong’s G4138plērōma
Appears in 18 verses of the New Testament
In short
Plērōma is the Greek word usually translated “fullness”, “patch” and “fillings”. It appears in 18 verses of the New Testament.
“No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.”
Meaning
Usually translated “fullness”, “patch” and “fillings”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- fullness 14
- patch 2
- fillings 1
- fulfillment 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 4
- Ephesians 4
- Mark 3
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Colossians 2
- Matthew 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 2:21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
- Mark 6:43And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
- Mark 8:20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
- John 1:16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
- Romans 11:12Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
- Romans 11:25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Greek dictionary
πλήρωμα plērōma · fulfillment
πλήρωμα, -τος, τό (πληρόω), [in LXX for מְלֹא ;] the result of the action involved in πληρόω (Lft., Col., 255 if.; AR, Eph., 255 ff.), hence, 1. in passive sense, that which has been completed, complement, plenitude, fullness (in Xen., Luc., Polyb., al., of a ship's crew or cargo, and by meton. of the ship itself) : Jhn.1:16, Rom.11:12, 25 15:29, 1Co.10:26" (LXX) Eph.1:23 (AR, 42 ff.) Eph.3:19 (AR. 87 ff.) Eph.4:13, Col.1:19 2:9; of time, Gal.4:4, Eph.1:10; κοφίνων (σφυρίδων) πληρώματα, basketfuls, Mrk.6:43 8:20. …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fullness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FULL'NESS, noun
[from full.]
- The state of being filled, so as to leave no part vacant.
- The state of abounding or being in great plenty; abundance.
- Completeness; the state of a thing in which nothing is wanted; perfection.
- Repletion; satiety; as from intemperance.
All definitions
- Repletion of vessels; as fullness of blood.
- Plenty; wealth; affluence.
- Struggling perturbation; swelling; as the fullness of the heart.
- Largeness; extent.
- Loudness; force of sound, such as fills the ear.
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.