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plērōma G4138

πλήρωμα (plērōma) means “fulfillment” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πλήρωμα Greek · G4138 17 tagged occurrences in 17 verses

Pronunciation guide: play'-ro-mah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4138

πλήρωμα · plērōma · fulfillment

πλήρωμα, -τος, τό (πληρόω), [in LXX for מְלֹא ;] the result of the action involved in πληρόω (Lft., Col., 255 if.; AR, Eph., 255 ff.), hence, 1. in passive sense, that which has been completed, complement, plenitude, fullness (in Xen., Luc., Polyb., al., of a ship's crew or cargo, and by meton. of the ship itself) : Jhn.1:16, Rom.11:12, 25 15:29, 1Co.10:26" (LXX) Eph.1:23 (AR, 42 ff.) Eph.3:19 (AR. 87 ff.) Eph.4:13, Col.1:19 2:9; of time, Gal.4:4, Eph.1:10; κοφίνων (σφυρίδων) πληρώματα, basketfuls, Mrk.6:43 8:20. 2. In active sense (= πλήρωσις, as frequently in words of these formations, cf. κτίσις, and see MM, xx); (a) that which fills up (but see Lft., l.with) : Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21; (b) a filling up, completing, fulfilment: Rom.13:10.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) a fill, fullness; full complement; supply, patch, supplement, (b) fullness, filling, fulfillment, completion.

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How translators render G4138

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
fullness 7
full 1
full number 1
fullness bring 1
had fully 1
new piece 1
patch 1
the fulfillment 1
the fullness 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the fulness 8
fulness 3
of the fulness 2
up 2
full 1
that filled 1
that which is put in to fill 1
the fulfilling 1

Verses containing G4138

Page 1 of 1. 17 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

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  2. Mark 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

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  3. Mark 6:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

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  4. Mark 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.

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  5. John 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

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  6. Romans 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!

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  7. Romans 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

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  8. Romans 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

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  9. Romans 15:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

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  10. 1 Corinthians 10:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

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  11. Galatians 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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  12. Ephesians 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

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  13. Ephesians 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

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  14. Ephesians 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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  15. Ephesians 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

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  16. Colossians 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

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  17. Colossians 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

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