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To (ful)fill

συμπληρόωStrong’s G4845

sumplēroō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sumplēroō is the Greek word usually translated “were being swamped”, “completing” and “arriving of”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy.”
Luke 8:23 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “were being swamped”, “completing” and “arriving of”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • they were being swamped 1
  • completing 1
  • arriving of 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Luke 2
  • Acts 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary

συμπληρόω sumplēroō · to (ful)fill

συν-πληρόω (Rec. συμπ-), -ῶ, [in LXX: Jer.25:12 (נָפַל) * ;] 1. to fill up completely (Thuc., of manning ships): of a ship filling with water, and by meton., of those on board, Luk.8:23. 2. to complete, fulfil: of time (Je, l.with, and see MM, xxiv), Luk.9:51, Act.2:1 (on the "durative inf.," see M, Pr., 233).† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

COMPLETE, adjective

  1. Having no deficiency; perfect.“And ye are complete in him who is the head of all principality and power” Colossians 2:10
  2. Finished; ended; concluded; as, the edifice is complete
  3. In botany, a complete flower is one furnished with a calyx and corolla.
All definitions and other forms of “complete”

    COMPLETE, verb transitive

    1. To finish; to end; to perfect; as, to complete a bridge, or an edifice; to complete an education.
    2. To fill to accomplish; as, to complete hopes or desires.
    3. To fulfil; to accomplish; to perform; as, the prophecy of Daniel is completed.

    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.