Quick Definition
πληρόω v. I fill, fulfill, complete
Strong's Definition
from 4134; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.
KJV Usage: accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀναπληρόω · ἀνταναπληρόω · ἀποπληρόω · ἐκπληρόω · ἐκπλήρωσις · πλήν · πλήρης · πληροφορέω · πληροφορία · πλήρωμα · προσαναπληρόω · συμπληρόω
59.37 · Quantity · Full, Empty
to fill (derivative of πλήρης[a] ‘full,’ 59.35) to cause something to become full
MAT 13:48 · MAT 23:32 · LUK 2:40 · LUK 3:5 · JHN 3:29 · JHN 12:3 · ACT 2:2 · ACT 2:28 · ACT 5:28 · ROM 1:29 · ROM 15:13 · ROM 15:14 · 2CO 7:4 · EPH 3:19 · EPH 4:10 · EPH 5:18 · PHP 1:11 · COL 1:9 · 2TI 1:4
59.33 · Quantity · All, Any, Each, Every [Totality]
to make complete, to complete the number of to make something total or complete
MRK 1:15 · JHN 15:11 · JHN 16:24 · JHN 17:13 · ROM 8:4 · ROM 13:8 · 2CO 10:6 · EPH 1:23 · PHP 2:2 · COL 2:10 · 1JN 1:4 · REV 6:11
68.26 · Aspect · Complete, Finish, Succeed
to finish, to complete to finish an activity after having done everything involved
LUK 7:1 · ACT 12:25 · ACT 13:25 · ACT 14:26 · ACT 19:21 · 2TH 1:11
35.33 · Help, Care For · Provide For, Support
to provide for completely, to supply fully to provide for by supplying a complete amount ‘To be fully provided for’ may be expressed as ‘to have all that one needs.’
33.199 · Communication · Inform, Announce
to proclaim, to tell fully, to proclaim completely to relate fully the content of a message
33.144 · Communication · Interpret, Mean, Explain
to give the true meaning to, to provide the real significance of to give the true or complete meaning to something In speaking of ‘true meaning,’ it may be useful in some languages to use a phrase meaning ‘real intent’ or ‘real purpose.’
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
MAT 1:22 · MAT 2:15 · MAT 2:17 · MAT 2:23 · MAT 3:15 · MAT 4:14 · MAT 8:17 · MAT 12:17 · MAT 13:35 · MAT 21:4 · MAT 26:54 · MAT 26:56 · MAT 27:9 · MRK 14:49 · LUK 1:20 · LUK 4:21 · LUK 9:31 · LUK 22:16 · LUK 24:44 · JHN 7:8 · JHN 12:38 · JHN 13:18 · JHN 15:25 · JHN 17:12 · JHN 18:9 · JHN 18:32 · JHN 19:24 · JHN 19:36 · ACT 1:16 · ACT 3:18 · ACT 13:27 · COL 4:17 · 2TH 1:11 · JAS 2:23
30.29 · Think · To Think, Thought
Collocation: πληρόω τὴν καρδίαν
to make think, to fill the heart, to cause to decide (an idiom, literally: ‘to fill the heart)to cause someone to think in a particular manner, often as a means of inducing some behavior
67.70 · (πληρόομαι[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.’
LUK 21:24 · ACT 7:23 · ACT 7:30 · ACT 9:23 · ACT 24:27 · REV 3:2
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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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πληρόω plēroō 86x
pluperf., πεπληρώκει (3 sg), to fill, make full, fill up, Mt. 13:48; 23:32; Lk. 3:5; to fill up a deficiency, Phil. 4:18, 19; to pervade, Jn. 12:3; Acts 2:2; to pervade with an influence, to influence fully, possess fully, Jn. 16:6; Acts 2:28; 5:3; Rom. 1:29; Eph. 5:18; to complete, perfect, Jn. 3:29; Eph. 3:19; to bring to an end, Lk. 7:1; to perform fully, discharge, Mt. 3:15; Acts 12:25; 13:25; 14:26; Rom. 13:8; Col. 4:17; to consummate, Mt. 5:17; to realize, accomplish, fulfil, Lk. 1:20; 9:31; Acts 3:18; 13:27; from the Hebrew; to set forth fully, Rom. 15:19; Col. 1:25; pass. of time, to be fulfilled, come to an end, be fully arrived, Mk. 1:15; Lk. 21:24; Jn. 7:8; of prophecy, to receive fulfillment, Mt. 1:22, et al. freq.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πληρόω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא;]
to fill, make full, fill to the full, c. acc.; of things: pass. (σαψήνη, φάραγξ), Mt 13:48, Lk 3:5(LXX); fig., Mt 23:32; but chiefly of immaterial things: πᾶσαν χρείαν, Phl 4:19; ἦχος ἐπλήρωσε τ. οἶκον, Ac 2:2; c. gen. rei (cl.), Ac 5:28; pass., seq. ἐκ, Jo 12:3 (cf. B1., § 36, 4); π. τ. καρδίαν, Jo 16:6, Ac 5:3; metaph., of the all-pervading activity of Christ, Eph 4:10; mid., Eph 1:23;
of persons: to fill with, cause to abound in: c. gen. rei (cl.), Ac 2:28(LXX), Ro 15:13; pass., to be filled with, abound in: Eph 3:19, Phl 4:18; c. gen. rei (cl.), Ac 13:52, Ro 15:14, II Ti 1:4; c. dat. (Æsch., al.), Lk 2:40 (c. gen., T), Ro 1:29, II Co 7:4; c. acc. (so in π., v. MM, xx), Phl 1:11, Col 1:9; seq. ἐν, Eph 5:18, Col 2:10.
to complete; to complete, fulfil: of number, Re 6:11, WH, txt.; of time (MM, xx), Mk 1:15, Lk 21:24, Jo 7:8, Ac 7:23, 30 9:23 24:27; ἐυδοκίαν, II Th 1:11; τ. χαράν, Phl 2:2; pass., Jo 3:29 15:11 16:24 17:13, I Jo 1:4, II Jo 12; τ. ἔργα, Re 3:2; ἡ ὑπακοή, II Co 10:6; τ. πάσχα, Lk 22:16;
to execute, accomplish, carry out to the full: Mt 3:15, Lk 7:1 9:31, Ac 12:25 13:25 14:26 19:21, Ro 8:4 13:8 15:19, Ga 5:14, Col 1:25 4:17, Re 6:11, T, WH, R, mg.;
of sayings, prophecies, etc., to bring to pass, fulfil: Mt 1:22 2:15, 17, 23 4:14 5:17 8:17 12:17 13:35 21:4 26:54, 56 27:9, Mk 14:49 15:28 (WH, R, txt. om.), Lk 1:20 4:21 24:44, Jo 12:38 13:18 15:25 17:12 18:9, 32 19:24, 36, Ac 1:16 3:18 13:27, Ja 2:23 (cf. Lft., Col., 255 ff.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πληρόω. The original meaning ‘‘fill,” ‘“‘fill to the full” (MGr πληρῶ) may be illustrated from the phrase in Sy// 633 θεῶι, λαμβανέτωι τὸ ἥμισίν. The meaning ‘‘ pay” is very common (MGr trAepjvw)—e.g. P Hib I. 401} (B.c. 261) δραχμὴν μίαν οὐθείς σοι μὴ TANP<Ho>M, “no one will pay so much as I drachma” (Edd ), BGU IV. 105529 (B.c. 13) μέχρει TOD πληρωθῆναι τὸ Savoy, P Oxy I. 114% (ii/ili A.D.) κεῖται πρὸς β μνᾶς: πεπλήρωκα τὸν τόκον μέχρι τοῦ ᾿Εἰπεὶφ πρὸς στατῆρα τῆς μνᾶς, ‘it is pledged for two minae. I have paid the interest up to Epeiph, at the rate of a stater per mina” (Edd.), P Grenf IT. 774 (iti/iv A.D.) (= Selections, p. 120) ἐπλήρωσα [αὐ]τὸν [το]ὺς μισθοὺς τῆς παρακομιδῆς τοῦ σώματος, “I paid him the costs of the carriage of the body”; P Oxy XII. 1489° (late iii/A.D.) ἐνοχλεῖς μοι ὅτι ὀφείλεις ᾿Αγαθὸς(-- @) Δαίμονι χαλκόν: πεπλήρωσί-- κ)α αὐτόν, ‘you worry me about the money which you owe to Agathodaemon: I have paid him in full” (Kdd.), P Fay 135° (iv/A.D.) ἐπισπούδασον πληρῶσαι ἵνα ἡ φιλία διαμίνῃ pet’ ἀλλήλων, “make haste to pay, in order that we may remain on good terms with each other” (Edd.), P Oxy VI. 90218 (c. A.D. 465) ἐμοῦ ὡς προεῖπον ἑτοίμως ἔχοντος πληρῶσαι ὅσα ἐποφίλω αὐτῷ ἐγγράφως, “since I am ready, as aforesaid, to discharge any debt secured in writing” (Edd.), and Sy// 737 (= 1109)4® (before A.D. 178) ἐὰν δὲ μὴ πληροῖ (sc. τὴν ὁρισθεῖσαν els οἶνον φοράν). This usage may give us the clue to the translation of Phil 418 ἀπέχω δὲ πάντα... πεπλήρωμαι, “I have received payment,”’ says Paul, ‘“‘my account is settled’’: see C. H. Dodd in £xp VIII. xv. p. 295, and cf. Moffatt, ‘‘your debt to me is fully paid and more than paid!,” and Goodspeed, ‘* you have paid me in full, and more too.” The common NT use of πληρόω = ‘‘ accomplish” a duty may be paralleled from P Lond 90476 (a.p. 104) (= III. p- 125, Selections, p. 73) twa. . τὴν συνήθη [οἰἸκονομίαν THs ἀπο]γραφῆς πληρώσωσιν, “in order that they may carry out the regular order of the census”: cf. P Oxy XIV. 16698 (iii/A.D.) ἐνετειλάμην σοι ἐξετάσαι περὶ τοῦ συναγοραστικοῦ εἰ πληροῦται, “1 bade you to inquire about the purchased corn, whether the amount is being completed” (Edd.). A Spartan inscr. in the Annual of the British School at Athens xii. p. 452, dated provisionally by H. J. W. Tillyard in i/a.p., has ὃς ἕξει kal τὴν Tod ξυστάρχου τειμήν, πληρῶν τὰ εἰθισμέν[α, ““ discharging the usual offices”: the editor cites C/U II. 2336 πληρώσαντα πᾶσαν ἀρχὴν καὶ A[e]trovpylay. In the calendar inser. Przene 105% (c. B.C. 9) Providence is stated to have filled the Emperor Augustus with virtue for the benefit of mankind, ὃν εἰς evepye[olav ἀνθρώπων ἐπλή]ρωσεν ἀρετῆς (cf. Lk 24°). The use of the verb in connexion with ¢2e, which Grimm treats as a ‘‘ Hebraism,’’ is found fully established in the Kown—P Lond 1168? (A.p. 18) (= III. p. 136) πληρωθέντος δὲ τοῦ χρόνου, P Oxy XIV. 16418 (A.D. 68) μέχρι τοῦ
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πληρόω (plēroō) — to fulfill. πληρ-όω, 3rd.pers. plural imperfect ἐπληροῦσαν cited by [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ώσω: perfect πεπλήρωκα, Aeolic dialect participle πεπληρώκων [Refs] —middle, future πληρώσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπληρωσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future -ωθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; future middle in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—make full:
I. with genitive of things, fill full of, λάρνακας λίθων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρατῆρα, πίστρα (i.e. οἴνου), [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be filled full, τινος of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. fill full of food, gorge, satiate, βορᾶς ψυχὴν ἐπλήρουν [Refs 5th c.BC+] glut one's rage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be filled full of, satisfied, δαιτὸς -ωθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόβου, ἐλπίδος, etc., [LXX+5th c.BC+]
I.3. π. τὴν χεῖρά τινος consecrate,[LXX]
II. rarely with dative, fill with, πεύκαισιν.. χέρας πληροῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, πνεύμασιν -ούμενοι filled with breath, [NT+4th c.BC+]
III. without any modal case, π. νέας man ships, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πληροῦτε θωρακεῖα man the breastworks, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, τριήρη πληρωσάμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. impregnate, [τὰ θήλεα] [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive [Refs]
III.3. make full or complete, τοὺς δέκα μῆνας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοὺς χρόνους, τὸν ἐνιαυτόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:—middle, τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι π. [NT]:— passive, of the moon, to be full, [NT+5th c.BC+] let the figure be completed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.4. π. δικαστήρια fill them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, δικαστήριον πεπληρωμένον ἐκ τούτων [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.5. render, pay in full, τροφεῖα πληρώσει χθονί [Refs]; π. τὴν χρείαν supply it, make it good, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with double accusative, ἵνα πληρώσῃς αὐτοὺς τὴν τιμήν [Refs 4th c.AD+], etc.: absolutely, [Refs]
III.6. fulfil, τὸ χρεών (destiny) [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, τὰς ὑποσχέσεις, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; execute, perform, τὰ προσταχθέντα [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, λαμπαδηφόρων νόμοι.. διαδοχαῖς πληρούμενοι fully observed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be fulfilled, of prophecy, [NT]
III.7. ἐς ἄγγος.. βακχίου μέτρημα πληρώσαντες having poured wine into the vessel till it was full, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, assemble, muster, πληρουμένης τῆς ἐκκλησίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.8. fill up a document, [Refs 6th c.AD+] —passive [Refs]
IV. intransitive, ἡ [ὁδὸς] πληροῖ ἐς τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον the length of road comes in full to this number, [Refs 5th c.BC+]