Quick Definition
πλήθω v. I fill
Strong's Definition
pleo pleh'-o (which appears only as an alternate in certain tenses and in the reduplicated form pimplemi) to "fill" (literally or figuratively (imbue, influence, supply)); specially, to fulfil (time)
KJV Usage: accomplish, full (...come), furnish
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἔπλησα · ptc. πλήσας · aor.pass. ἐπλήσθην · inf. πλησθῆναι · fut.pass. πλησθήσομαι | ἐμπίπλημι · ἐμπιπλάω · παμπληθεί · πλατεῖα · πλάτος · πλατύς · πλῆθος · πληθύνω · πλησμονή
59.38 · Quantity · Full, Empty
to fill completely, to fill up to cause something to be completely full
MAT 22:10 · MAT 27:48 · LUK 1:15 · LUK 1:41 · LUK 1:67 · LUK 5:7 · ACT 2:4 · ACT 4:8 · ACT 4:31 · ACT 5:17 · ACT 9:17 · ACT 13:9 · ACT 13:45 · ACT 19:29
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
67.70 · (πίμπλαμαι[a]) · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Duration of Time: Beginning, End
to complete, to come to an end to come to the end of a period of time, with the implication of the completion of an implied purpose or plan In a number of languages it may be difficult to speak of a period of time being ‘complete.’ In LUK 1:23 one may often translate as ‘when he had finished his period of service’ or even ‘when he had done his work.’ In the case of ACT 7:30, the expression ‘after forty years were completed’ may be rendered in some languages as ‘after forty years were passed’ or ‘when forty years had happened.’
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. 2 In a number of contexts it is difficult to determine whether the meanings in 67.69 and 67.70 are primarily temporal or aspectual. If the meaning in any one context seems to focus upon the completion of an activity, then the meaning should be classified as aspectual (Domain 68 Aspect), but if the emphasis would seem to be primarily upon the end point of an activity, then one may legitimately classify these meanings as being temporal.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πίμπλημι (a lengthened form of the theme ΠΛΈΩ, whence πλέος, πλήρης [cf. Curtius § 3007): 1 aor. ἔπλησα; Pass., 1 fut. πλησθήσομαι; 1 aor. émAnoOnv; fr. Hom. on; Sept. for x20; also for jrawn (to satiate) and pass. yaw (to be full); to fill: ri, Lk. ν. 1; τί τινος [W. § 30, 8 b.], a thing with something, Mt. xxvii. 48; [Jn. xix. 29 RG]; in pass., Mt. xxii. 10; Acts xix. 29; [ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς, Jn. xii. 3 Tr mrg.; cf. W. ἃ. 5. note; B.§ 132,12]. what wholly takes possession of the mind is said lo fill it: pass. φόβου, Lk. v. 26; θάμβους, Acts iii. 10; ἀνοίας, Lk. vi. 11; ¢ydov, Acts v.17; xiii. 45; θυμοῦ, Lk. iv. 28; Acts iii. 10; πνεύματος ἁγίου, Lk. i. 15, 41, 67; Acts ii. 4; iv. 8,31; ix.17; xiii. 9. prophecies are said πλησθῆναι, i. e. to come to pass, to be confirmed by the event, Lk. xxi. 22GLT Tr WH (for Ree. πληρωθῆναι). time is said πλησθῆναι, to be fulfilled or completed, i. e. finished, elapsed, Lk. i. 23, 57 [W. 324 (304); B. 267 (230)]; ii. 6, 21 sq.; so 8902, Job xv. 32; and xn to (ful-) fill the time, i. 6. to complete, fill up, Gen. xxix. 27; Job xxxix. 2. [Compe. : ἐμ-πίπλημι.}
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πλήθω, v.s. πίμπλημι.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πίμπλημι, “fill.” For the act. c. acc. and gen., as in Mt 274%, cf. P Lond 453° (iv/A.D.) (=I. p. 319) πλῆσον κεράμιον σινάπις( =ews) χλωροῦ, ‘fill the vessel with green mustard.” The aor. pass. c. gen., as frequently in the Lukan writings, τῆς θεοσοφίας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πλήθω, πίμπλημι (plēthō, pimplēmi) — to fill. πλήθ-ω, poetry perfect (in present sense) πέπληθα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεπλήθει [Refs 3rd c.BC+] — _intransitive_ form of πίμπλημι, mostly in present participle, to be full, πλήθει.. νεκύων ἐρατεινὰ ῥέεθρα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρας κρεῶν πλήθοντες having them full of.., [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but Ἄναυρος ὄμβρῳ χειμερίῳ πλήθων swollen with winter's rain, ὄμβρῳ being dative of cause, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the full moon, σελήνη πλήθουσα [Refs 7th c.BC+] rarely = in a full assembly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. transitive only in later Poets, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] πίμπλημι, in present and imperfect formed like{ἵστημι}; Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πίμπλεισι [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive πιμπλῇσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative πίμπλη conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle πιμπλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect 3rd.pers. plural ἐπίμπλασαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πλήσω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔπλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πλῆσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:aorist ἐπλησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future πλησθήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπλήσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πλῆσθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπλησμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], 3rd.pers. plural πεπλήαται [Refs 7th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐπλήμην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular and plural πλῆτο, πλῆντο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative ἐμ-πλῄμην, -ῇτο, [Refs]; participle ἐμ-πλήμενος [Refs] —In the _compound_ ἐμπίμπλημι (which see; more frequently in Prose) the second μ is sometimes dropped, as ἐμπίπλημ; but returns with the augment, as in ἐνεπίμπλασα; compare πίμπρημι:—fill, with genitive of things, fill full of.., τράπεζαν ἀμβροσίης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ μένεος, θάρσευς φρένας, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δακρύων ἔπλησεν ἐμέ filled me full of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative of things, fill with.., ἰαχῇ τε φόβῳ τε πάσας πλῆσαν ὁδούς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, fill, ἰχθύες.. πιμπλᾶσι μυχούς [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. fill full, satisfy, glut, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. fill, discharge an office, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. middle, fill for oneself, or what is one's own, πλησάμενος οἴνοιο δέπας having filled himself a cup of wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. νῆας load ships, [Refs]; π... θυμὸν ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος fill up, satiate one's desire with..,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεδία πίμπλασθ᾽ ἁρμάτων fill the plain full of your chariots, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. passive, to be filled, be full of, τῶν.. ἐπλήσθη πεδίον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλκῆς πλῆτο φρένας[Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. to be filled, satisfied, have enough of a thing, αἱμάτων γένυσιν πλησθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τῆς νόσου ξυνουσίᾳ to be wearied of it by being with it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. of females, become pregnant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskritpiparti 'fill', pūrṇá-, Latin plenus, Gothic fulls, etc. 'full'.)