Quick Definition
ἀναπληρόω v. I fill up, make up, fulfill
Strong's Definition
from 303 and 4137; to complete; by implication, to occupy, supply; figuratively, to accomplish (by coincidence ot obedience)
KJV Usage: fill up, fulfill, occupy, supply
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | πληρόω
59.33 · Quantity · All, Any, Each, Every [Totality]
to make complete, to complete the number of to make something total or complete For another interpretation of ἀναπληρόω in 1TH 2:16, see 68.27.
57.79 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give
to provide what is lacking, to make up for to provide what has been lacking
13.106 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to cause to happen, to make happen, to fulfill to cause to happen, with the implication of fulfilling some purpose
85.24 · Existence in Space · Be in a Place
to occupy, to be in to occupy a designated place It is possible, however, to understand ἀναπληρόω in 1CO 14:16 as specifically referring to fulfilling a particular function. One could therefore translate this phrase in 1CO 14:16 as ‘one who takes part in the service as an ordinary person.’
36.17 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Obey, Disobey
to obey, to conform to, to submit to to conform to some standard as a means of demonstrating its purpose
1 There are undoubtedly certain subtle differences of meaning in this set of terms in 13.106, but the distinctive features cannot be determined from existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-πληρόω, -@; fut. ἀναπληρώσω; 1 aor. ἀνεπλήρωσα; ἀνάστασις [pres. pass. ἀναπληροῦμαι] ; (ἀνά to, up to, 6. g. to filla vessel up to the brim; up to the appointed measure or standard, Germ. anfiillen); [fr. Eurip. down]; ab to fill up, make full, e. g. a ditch (Strabo 5, 6 p. 223) ; hence trop. ἁμαρτίας, 1 Th. ii. 16 (to add what is still wanting to complete the number of their sins; on the meaning, cf. Gen. xv. 16; Dan. viii. 23; ix. 24; Mt. xxiii. 32; 2 Mace. vi. 14). ἀναπληροῦται ἡ προφητεία the prophecy is fully satisfied, the event completely corresponds to it, Mt. xiii. 14. τὸν νόμον to fulfil i. 6. observe the law perfectly, Gal. vi. 2, (Barn. ep. 21 ἀναπλ. πᾶσαν ἐντολήν) ; τὸν τόπον τινός to fill the place of any one, 1 Co. xiv. 16 (after the rabbin. pipn ΠᾺΡ to hold the position of any one, [yet ef. Mey. ad loc.]). 2. to supply : τὸ ὑστέρημα, Phil. ii. 30, (Col. i. 24) ; 1 Co. xvi. 17 (they by their presence supplied your place in your absence) ; cf. Plat. symp. p. 188 6. ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τι ἐξέλιπον, σὸν ἔργον (sc. ἐστίν) ἀναπληρῶσαι. Cf. Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. iii. p. 11 sq.; [Ellic. on Phil. 1. c., or Mey. on Gal. ]. 6. Comp.: ἀντ-, προσ-αναπληρόω }.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναπληρόω anaplēroō 6x
to fill up, complete, 1 Thess. 2:16; to fulfil, confirm, as a prophecy by the event, Mt. 13:14; to fill the place of any one, 1 Cor. 14:16; to supply, make good, 1 Cor. 16:17; Phil. 2:30; to observe fully, keep the law, Gal. 6:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-πληρόω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for מלא, Le 12:6, al.; also שׁלם (Ge 15:16, III Ki 7:51, Is 60:20), etc.;]
to fill up, make full (in π. of completing contracts and making up rent; cf. MM, VGT, s.v.): τόπον, take one's place (cf. Heb. מָקוֹם מִלֵּא), I Co 14:16; άμαρτίας, complete the number, I Th 2:16; τ. νόμον, observe perfectly, Ga 6:2; pass., προφητεία, fulfilled, Mt 13:14.
to supply: τὸ ὑστέρημα, I Co 16:17, Phl 2:30 (Cremer, 838).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναπληρόω. OGIS 56% (n.c. 238) ὅπως ἅπαντες εἰδῶσιν διότι τὸ ἐνλεῖπον πρότερον (as to the calendar) διωρθῶσθαι καὶ ἀναπεπληρῶσθαι συμβέβηκεν διὰ τῶν Εἰὐεργετῶν θεῶν : the first word describes correction, the second zxtercalatzon. On P Par 627. (ii/B.c.) τοῖς 8 ἀναπληρώσουσιν τὰς ὠνὰς δοθήσεται ὀψώνια, ἐάνπερ ἐκπληρώσουσιν κτλ., “those who complete the contracts,” see Wilcken Os¢r. i. p. 532f., who explains the ὀψώνια (against Grenfell) as a commission of 10%. The noun occurs in P Lond 890 (Β. c. 6) (=III. p. 168) εἰς ἀναπλήρωσιν τιμῆς, and the verb in Sy// 510% (ii/B.C.) τὸ γενόμενον διάπτωμα ἀναπληρούτωσαν : cf. P Petr III.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀναπληρόω (anaplēroō) — to fulfil. ἀναπληρ-όω, fill up a void, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ κεχηνὸς τῆς ἑρμηνείας, τοῦ ῥυθμοῦ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be filled up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. make up, supply, εἴ τι ἐξέλιπον ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς.. ἀμόρφους ἀνατληροῖ ἡ τοῦ λέγειν πιθανότης compensates them, [Refs] —middle, δώματ᾽ ἀ. fill their houses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. fill up the numbers of a body, τὴν βουλήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὴν συνηγορίαν fill the place of advocate (left vacant by another), [NT+1st c.AD+]
4. pay in full, τὰς ὠνάς, of tax-farmers, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—in middle, get paid, receive, ἕως ἀνεπληρώσατο τὴν προῖκα[Refs 4th c.BC+]
5. use expletive particles, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
6. fulfil, ἀναπληροῦται ἡ προφητεία[NT]; of a task, perform, [Refs]
II. passive, to be restored to its former size or state, ἀνεπληρώθη ὁ ἥλιος, after an eclipse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]being in process of restoration, [Refs 4th c.BC+]