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ma.le H4390

מָלֵא (ma.le) means “to fill” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מָלֵא Hebrew · H4390 249 tagged occurrences in 241 verses

Pronunciation guide: maw-lay' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4390

מָלֵא · ma.le · to fill

1) to fill, be full 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be full 1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle) 1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended 1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied 1b2) to be accomplished, be ended 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to fill 1c2) to satisfy 1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete 1c4) to confirm 1d) (Pual) to be filled 1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against Aramaic equivalent: me.la (מְלָא "to fill" H4391)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root; to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

KJV glosses: accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.

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How translators render H4390

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
filled 12
is full of 12
and fill 10
was filled 7
fill 6
and filled 5
are complete 5
are full of 5
is full 5
will be filled 5
with 5
is filled 4
wholeheartedly 4
and ordained 3
is complete 3
are covered 2
are filled 2
are fulfilled 2
are full 2
for settings 2
full 2
has fulfilled 2
he filled 2
he has filled 2
or fill 2
to consecrate 2
to ordain 2
took 2
were completed 2
were filled 2
who filled 2
will be full 2
you have fulfilled 2
and confirm 1
and covered 1
and fills 1
and fit it 1
and fulfilled 1
and has been ordained 1
and he has filled 1
and i have filled 1
and i will fill 1
and i will fill it 1
and make 1
and making 1
and mount 1
and presented them as payment in full 1
and replenish 1
and they have filled 1
and they mounted 1
and they will be filled 1
and thus fulfilled 1
and to fill those places 1
and you were filled 1
at the end 1
be filled 1
become fully set 1
but i am full of 1
but now you are laden 1
came 1
can you fill 1
completely 1
content 1
cover 1
covered 1
drew 1
fill them 1
filled it 1
filling 1
fills 1
finish 1
for he had filled 1
for their ordination 1
grant 1
had filled 1
has been completed 1
has filled 1
have come 1
have crossed 1
have ended 1
he finished 1
he ordained 1
he wholly 1
heaping up 1
huram had great 1
i am filled 1
i am full of 1
i am going to fill 1
i have filled 1
i will be filled 1
i will fill 1
i will fill you up 1
i will fulfill 1
i will gorge myself on them 1
in fulfillment 1
in the midst 1
in this way you are to ordain 1
is bathed 1
is drenched 1
is well nourished 1
it filled 1
it will be paid in full 1
may you fill 1
must be armed 1
or satisfy 1
ordain 1
ordained 1
overflows 1
passed 1
ran out 1
remained loyal 1
required to complete 1
satisfied 1
set 1
shall be filled 1
should be filled 1
so they shall consecrate 1
that fills 1
that you have consecrated 1
they are filled 1
they are pregnant 1
they have filled 1
they have filled it 1
they join 1
they must also fill 1
they will fill 1
to fill 1
to live out 1
to satisfy 1
until it was covered 1
vvv 1
was filled with them 1
was full of 1
we will fill 1
were full 1
were full of 1
were ordained 1
when it was overflowing 1
when we filled 1
who fill 1
will be full of 1
will fill 1
with their 1
would 1
would last 1
you have been ordained 1
you have filled me 1
you have wholly 1
you will be filled 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
is full 13
filled 12
and fill 8
shall be full 8
shall be filled 7
was filled 7
and filled 6
are full 6
full 6
are fulfilled 5
fill 5
was full 5
and i will fill 4
be filled 4
were fulfilled 4
be fulfilled 3
had filled 3
to consecrate 3
also is full 2
and hast fulfilled 2
and replenish 2
are accomplished 2
fulfil 2
fulfilled 2
he hath filled 2
is filled 2
they have filled 2
to fill 2
to fulfil 2
to set 2
accomplished 1
and consecrated 1
and filleth 1
and fulfil 1
and fulfilled 1
and have filled 1
and he filled 1
and he hath filled 1
and he was filled 1
and i have filled 1
and i have replenished 1
and it filled 1
and that furnish 1
and that is consecrated 1
and they gave them in full tale 1
and they set 1
and they shall be filled 1
and they shall fill 1
and thou shalt consecrate 1
and thou shalt set 1
and thou wast replenished 1
and took 1
and went not fully 1
and whom he shall consecrate 1
and ye have filled 1
are filled 1
be accomplished 1
be at an end 1
be expired 1
be full 1
because he hath wholly 1
because that he wholly 1
because they be replenished 1
because they have not wholly 1
because thou hast wholly 1
become full 1
behold i will fill 1
but i wholly 1
but thou hast fulfilled 1
canst thou fill 1
consecrate yourselves 1
consecrated 1
filleth 1
for he filled 1
for him for so are fulfilled 1
for i am full 1
for me filled 1
for they have wholly 1
for thou hast filled 1
gather 1
gather together 1
hath filled 1
have replenished 1
he consecrated 1
he is about to fill 1
he shall fill 1
here for they have filled 1
him and fill 1
i am full 1
i will fulfil 1
in the fulness 1
is accomplished 1
is also full 1
is filled with 1
is fully set 1
is not filled 1
it and they shall consecrate themselves 1
it shall be accomplished 1
me fully 1
neither fill 1
nor fill 1
now ye have consecrated 1
or fill 1
overfloweth 1
set 1
shall be satisfied 1
shall he consecrate 1
shalt thou consecrate 1
so and fulfilled 1
surely i will fill 1
that hath not filled 1
that he might fulfil 1
that he would accomplish 1
thee and confirm 1
them and consecrate 1
them and filled 1
them hath he filled 1
them must be fenced 1
therein and to be consecrated 1
thereof are full 1
they fulfil 1
they have gathered 1
thou fillest 1
thou shalt be filled 1
till he fill 1
till he had filled 1
to satisfy 1
unto me i shall be replenished 1
we shall fill 1
were expired 1
were full 1
were not expired 1
when it had overflown 1
which fill 1
which have filled 1
which thou filledst 1
which was filled 1
which we filled 1
who filled 1
who is he and where is he that durst presume 1
whom he consecrated 1
whom i have filled 1
with his full 1
within the space 1
yet he filled 1

Verses containing H4390

Page 1 of 5. 241 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. Genesis 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

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  2. Genesis 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

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  3. Genesis 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

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  4. Genesis 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.

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  5. Genesis 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.

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  6. Genesis 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

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  7. Genesis 24:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

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  8. Genesis 25:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

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  9. Genesis 26:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

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  10. Genesis 29:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”

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  11. Genesis 29:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

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  12. Genesis 29:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.

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  13. Genesis 42:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,

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  14. Genesis 44:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

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  15. Genesis 50:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

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  16. Exodus 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but the Israelites were fruitful and increased rapidly; they multiplied and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them.

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  17. Exodus 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock.

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  18. Exodus 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

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  19. Exodus 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.

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    Source alternate reference: 8.17

  20. Exodus 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.

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  21. Exodus 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

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  22. Exodus 23:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

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  23. Exodus 28:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.

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  24. Exodus 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And mount on it a setting of gemstones, four rows of stones: In the first row there shall be a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

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  25. Exodus 28:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.

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  26. Exodus 29:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.

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  27. Exodus 29:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The holy garments that belong to Aaron will belong to his sons after him, so they can be anointed and ordained in them.

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  28. Exodus 29:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.

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  29. Exodus 29:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all that I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.

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  30. Exodus 31:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

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  31. Exodus 31:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every craft.

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  32. Exodus 32:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”

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  33. Exodus 35:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge in all kinds of craftsmanship,

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  34. Exodus 35:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to cut gemstones for settings, and to carve wood, so that he may be a master of every artistic craft.

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  35. Exodus 35:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.

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  36. Exodus 39:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

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  37. Exodus 40:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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  38. Exodus 40:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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  39. Leviticus 8:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you.

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  40. Leviticus 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.

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  41. Leviticus 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.

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  42. Leviticus 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

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  43. Leviticus 16:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments

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  44. Leviticus 19:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

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  45. Leviticus 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.

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  46. Leviticus 25:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.

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  47. Numbers 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

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  48. Numbers 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.

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  49. Numbers 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now this is the law of the Nazirite when his time of separation is complete: He must be brought to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

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  50. Numbers 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,

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