Full
מָלֵאStrong’s H4392male (ma-le)
Appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Male is the Hebrew word usually translated “full”, “full of” and “was full”. It appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament.
“That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.”
Meaning
- Full, fulness, that which fillsfully (adv)
How it's translated
- full 55
- full of 3
- and full 2
- he was full 1
- and the full 1
- the full 1
- which full 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 25
- Ezekiel 6
- Jeremiah 5
- Genesis 3
- Deuteronomy 3
- 1 Chronicles 3
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 41:7And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
- Genesis 41:22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
- Numbers 7:13And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
- Numbers 7:14One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
- Numbers 7:19He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
- Numbers 7:20One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
All 63 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מָלֵא male · full
1) full, fulness, that which fills 1a) fully (adv)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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
- Replete; having within its limits all that it can contain; as a vessel full of liquor.
- Abounding with; having a large quantity or abundance; as a house full of furniture; life is full of cares and perplexities.
- Supplied; not vacant.
- Plump; fat; as a full body.
All definitions and other forms of “full”
- Saturated; sated.“I am full of the burnt offerings of rams” Isaiah 1:11
- Crowded, with regard to the imagination or memory.
- Large; entire; not partial; that fills; as a full meal.
- Complete; entire; not defective or partial; as the full accomplishment of a prophecy.
- Complete; entire; without abatement.“It came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharoah dreamed -” Genesis 41:1
- Containing the whole matter; expressing the whole; as a full narration or description.
- Strong; not faint or attenuated; loud; clear; distinct; as a full voice or sound.
- Mature; perfect; as a person of full age.
- Entire; complete; denoting the completion of a sentence; as a full stop or point.
- Spread to view in all dimensions; as a head drawn with a full face.
- Exhibiting the whole disk or surface illuminated; as the full moon.
- Abundant; plenteous; sufficient.
- Adequate; equal; as a full compensation or reward for labor.
- Well fed.
- Well supplied or furnished; abounding.
- Copious; ample.
FULL, noun
- Complete measure; utmost extent. this instrument answers to the full
- The highest state or degree.
- The whole; the total; in the phrase, at full
- The state of satiety; as fed to the full
FULL, adverb
- Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution.
- With the whole effect.
- Exactly.
- 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.