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G3325 μεστόω (mestóō)
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Quick Definition

μεστόω v. I fill

Strong's Definition

from 3324; to replenish, i.e. (by implication) to intoxicate

KJV Usage: fill

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | μεστός

59.40 · Quantity · Full, Empty

to fill, to cause to bulge (derivative of μεστός[a] ‘very full,’ 59.39) to cause a space to be exceptionally full In many instances one cannot speak of persons being ‘full of new wine.’ It is, however, possible in ACT 2:13 to say ‘they have drunk a great deal of new wine.’

ACT 2:13

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μεστόω, -ῶ; (μεστός); fo fill, fill full: γλεύκους μεμεστωμένος, Acts ii. 13. (Soph., Plat., Aristot., al.; 3 Mace. v. 1, 10.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μεστόω mestoō 1x

to fill; pass. to be filled, be full, Acts 2:13*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** μεστόω, -ῶ

(< μεστός), [in LXX: III Mac 5:1. 10*;]

to fill: pass., c. gen. rei, Ac 2:13.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μεστόω. With the metaphorical use οἵ μεστός (see above) cf. Didache ii. 5 οὐκ ἔσται ὁ λόγος σου ψευδής, od κενός, ἀλλὰ μεμεστωμένος πράξει, “Τὴν speech shall not be false, nor vain, but fulfilled by deed.’’ On the use of the verb (and adj.) by medical writers, see Hobart, p. 189. Cf. MGr μέστωμα, ‘development,’’ ‘‘ maturity.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μεστόω (mestoō) — to fill. μεστ-όω, fill full of, with genitive of things, ὀργῆς μ. τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be filled or full of, κτύπου [Refs]; of persons, παρρησίας μεστοῦσθαι καὶ ἐλευθερίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and in medical sense, ἀγγεῖα μεμεστωμένα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

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