Word study: fulfill pleroo

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pleroo, to fulfill

• Strong’s number: G4137
• Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #4137 – πληρόω
• Greek Word: πληρόω
• Part of speech: verb
• Transliteration: plēroō
• Phonetic Spelling: play-ro’-o
• Quick Definition: to make full, to complete
• Usage: fill, fulfill, complete
• Etymology: From G4134
• NASB Translation: accomplish (1), accomplished (1), amply supplied (1), approaching (1), complete (1), completed (3), completing (1), elapsed (1), fill (3), filled (16), fills (1), finished (1), fulfill (20), fulfilled (20), fully carry (1), fully come (1), fully preached (1), increasing (1), made complete (2), made full (5), make…full (1), make…complete (1), passed (2), supply (1).

New Testament Usage

πληρόω (pléroó) is used 88 times in the New Testament.

Mat 1:22; Mat 2:15; Mat 2:17; Mat 2:23; Mat 3:15; Mat 4:14; Mat 5:17; Mat 8:17; Mat 12:17; Mat 13:35; Mat 13:48; Mat 21:4; Mat 23:32; Mat 26:54; Mat 26:56; Mat 27:9; Mat 27:35; Mk 1:15; Mk 14:49; Mk 15:28; Luke 1:20; Luke 2:40; Luke 3:5; Luke 4:21; Luke 7:1; Luke 9:31; Luke 21:24; Luke 22:16; Luke 24:44; John 3:29; John 7:8; John 12:3; John 12:38; John 13:18; John 15:11; John 15:25; John 16:6; John 16:24; John 17:12; John 17:13; John 18:9; John 18:32; John 19:24; John 19:36; Acts 1:16; Acts 2:2; Acts 2:28; Acts 3:18; Acts 5:3; Acts 5:28; Acts 7:23; Acts 7:30; Acts 9:23; Acts 12:25; Acts 13:25; Acts 13:27; Acts 13:52; Acts 14:26; Acts 19:21; Acts 24:27; Rom 1:29; Rom 8:4; Rom 13:8; Rom 15:13; Rom 15:14; Rom 15:19; 2Cor 7:4; 2Cor 10:6; Gal 5:14; Eph 1:23; Eph 3:19; Eph 4:10; Eph 5:18; Phil 1:11; Php 2:2; Php 4:18; Php 4:19; Col 1:9; Col 1:25; Col 2:10; Col 4:17; 2Th 1:11; 2Tim 1:4; Jas 2:23; 1Jn 1:4; 2Jn 1:12; Rev 3:2; Rev 6:11.

Pleroo is used 77 times in the Septuagint (LXX)

Gen 1:22; Gen 2:28; Gen 9:1; Gen 9:7; Gen 25:24; Gen 29:21; Gen 50:3; Exo 32:29; Lev 8:33; Lev 12:4; Lev 25:29; Num 6:5; Num 6:13; Num 7:88; Jos 3:15; Jdg 17:5; Jdg 17:12; 2Sam 7:12; 1Ki 1:14; 1Ki 2:27; 1Ki 7:14; 1Ki 8:15; 1Ki 8:24; 1Ki 13:33; 2Ki 4:4; 1Chr 12:15; 1Chr 17:11; 1Chr 29:5; 2Chr 6:4; 2Chr 6:15; 2Chr 13:9; 2Chr 24:10; 2Chr 29:31; 2Chr 36:21; Job 20:22; Psa 16:11; Psa 20:4; Psa 65:9; Psa 71:8; Psa 72:19; Psa 74:20; Psa 81:10; Psa 83:16; Psa 104:24; Psa 110:6; Psa 127:5; Psa 129:7; Ecc 1:8; Ecc 6:7; Ecc 9:3; Ecc 11:3; Song 5:14; Isa 8:8; Isa 13:3; Isa 40:4; Isa 65:11; Jer 13:12; Jer 23:24; Jer 25:12; Jer 25:34; Jer 29:10; Jer 33:5; Jer 34:14; Jer 44:25; Jer 51:11; Jer 11:14; Lam 4:18; Eze 7:19; Dan 2:35; Dan 4:11; Dan 4:34; Dan 5:26; Dan 8:23; Zep 1:9.

Englishman’s Concordance: pleroo

Lexicons

• Thayer’s 4137: to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally I abound, I am liberally supplied; to render full, i.e. to complete to fill to the top: so that nothing shall be wanting to full measure, fill to the brim
• Strong’s 4137: From pleres; 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. — accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.
• Mounce 4137: to fulfill, make full; (pass.) to be filled, full, complete (often used with reference to the fulfillment of the OT Scriptures)
• Related words: 4130 /plḗthō – fill to to the maximum, fill to capacity.
• Hebrew Equivalent Word: Strong#: 3615 to be complete (כָּלָה kaw‑law’);  4390 to be full (מָלָא maw‑lay’);  5375 (נָסָה naw‑saw’);  7093 end (קֵץ kates);  7646 to be satisfied ( שָׂבֵעַ saw‑bah’);  8002 a peace offering (שֶׁלֶם sheh’‑lem);  8317 to teem (שָׁרַץ shaw‑rats’);  8552 to finish (תָּמַם taw‑mam’).

Reference Works

• 03 Matthew 1:18-25 The Birth of Jesus
• 04 Matthew 2:1-23 The early life of Jesus
• 05 Matthew 2:13-15 Out of Egypt
• 06 Matthew 2:16-18 Rachel weeping
• 07 Matthew 2:19-23 A Nazarene
• 01 Introduction to the Prophets
• 10 Do you see anything? Mark 8:11-26
• Introduction to Covenants
• 14 Jeremiah 36:1-32 What’s so special about the Bible?
• PreceptsAustin: pleroo/filled
• PreceptsAustin: all uses of pleroo in NT
• Not to abolish but to fulfill by Steve Sanchez
• Fulfilled Prophecy Demonstrates the Divine Inspiration of Scripture by Nathan Bingham
• The Fulfillment of Prophecy – Ligonier.org
• That the Scriptures Might be Fulfilled – John Piper
• Understanding Apocalyptic literature
• Understanding prophecy

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