Gloss
to fulfill, make full; (pass.) to be filled, full, complete (often used with reference to the fulfillment of the OT Scriptures)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
πληρόω
Greek transliteration
plēroō
Simplified transliteration
pleroo
Principal Parts
(ἐπλήρουν), πληρώσω, ἐπλήρωσα, πεπλήρωκα, πεπλήρωμαι, ἐπληρώθην
Numbers
Strong's number
4137
GK Number
4444
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
86
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(3)
Definition
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.
Greek-English Concordance for πληρόω
| Luke 22:16 | For I say to you that I will certainly not eat again until it is fulfilled (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) in the kingdom of God.” |
| Luke 24:44 | Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms about me must be (plērōthēnai | πληρωθῆναι | aor pass inf ) fulfilled.” (plērōthēnai | πληρωθῆναι | aor pass inf ) |
| John 3:29 | It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete (peplērōtai | πεπλήρωται | perf pass ind 3 sg). |
| John 7:8 | You go up to the festival yourselves; I am not going up to this festival, for my time has (peplērōtai | πεπλήρωται | perf pass ind 3 sg) not yet fully come.” (peplērōtai | πεπλήρωται | perf pass ind 3 sg) |
| John 12:3 | Mary took more than a pint of expensive perfume made of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair. The house was filled (eplērōthē | ἐπληρώθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) with the fragrance of the perfume. |
| John 12:38 | that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) “Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” |
| John 13:18 | I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg), ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’ |
| John 15:11 | These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg). |
| John 15:25 | However, the word that is written in their law had to be fulfilled: (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) ‘They hated me without a cause.’ |
| John 16:6 | But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled (peplērōken | πεπλήρωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) your heart. |
| John 16:24 | Up till now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be complete (peplērōmenē | πεπληρωμένη | perf pass ptcp nom sg fem). |
| John 17:12 | While I was with them, I protected them in your name, which you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the scripture might be fulfilled (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg). |
| John 17:13 | But now I am on my way to you, and I am saying these things while still in the world that they may have my joy made complete (peplērōmenēn | πεπληρωμένην | perf pass ptcp acc sg fem) in themselves. |
| John 18:9 | This was to fulfill (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those you have given me.” |
| John 18:32 | This was to fulfill (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) the word that Jesus had spoken indicating what kind of death he was going to die. |
| John 19:24 | So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see who will get it” — that the Scripture might be fulfilled (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg) that says, “They divided my garments among themselves, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things. |
| John 19:36 | These things took place so that the Scripture would be fulfilled (plērōthē | πληρωθῇ | aor pass subj 3 sg), “Not a bone of his body will be broken.” |
| Acts 1:16 | “My brothers, it was necessary for the Scripture to be fulfilled (plērōthēnai | πληρωθῆναι | aor pass inf ), which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became guide to those who arrested Jesus. |
| Acts 2:2 | And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled (eplērōsen | ἐπλήρωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the whole house where they were sitting. |
| Acts 2:28 | You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full (plērōseis | πληρώσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) of joy with your presence.’ |
| Acts 3:18 | But the things God foretold through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he has fulfilled (eplērōsen | ἐπλήρωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) in this way. |
| Acts 5:3 | But Peter said, “Ananias, why did Satan fill (eplērōsen | ἐπλήρωσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the field? |
| Acts 5:28 | saying, “We gave you a strict order to stop teaching in this name. Yet you have filled (peplērōkate | πεπληρώκατε | perf act ind 2 pl) Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring on us the blood of this man.” |
| Acts 7:23 | “When he was (eplērouto | ἐπληροῦτο | imperf pass ind 3 sg) about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel. |
| Acts 7:30 | “Now when forty years had passed (plērōthentōn | πληρωθέντων | aor pass ptcp gen pl neut), there appeared to him in the desert near Mount Sinai an angel in the flame of a burning bush. |
