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

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2 Chronicles 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.
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2 Chronicles 29:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.
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2 Chronicles 36:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.
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Ezra 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
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Esther 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.
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Esther 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.
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Esther 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
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Esther 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
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Esther 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
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Job 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
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Job 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
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Job 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
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Job 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
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Job 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
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Job 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
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Job 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
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Job 20:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.
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Job 21:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
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Job 22:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
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Job 23:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
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Job 32:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
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Job 36:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.
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Job 36:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
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Job 38:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
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Job 39:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
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Job 41:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
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Source alternate reference: 40.31
Psalms 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
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Psalms 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
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Psalms 20:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
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Source alternate reference: 20.5
Psalms 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
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Source alternate reference: 20.6
Psalms 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
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Psalms 33:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
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Psalms 38:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
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Source alternate reference: 38.8
Psalms 48:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
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Source alternate reference: 48.11
Psalms 65:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
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Source alternate reference: 65.10
Psalms 71:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your splendor all day long.
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Psalms 72:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
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Psalms 74:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
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Psalms 80:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
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Source alternate reference: 80.10
Psalms 81:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
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Source alternate reference: 81.11
Psalms 83:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Cover their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.
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Source alternate reference: 83.17
Psalms 104:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
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Psalms 107:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
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Psalms 110:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
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Psalms 119:64 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The earth is filled with Your loving devotion, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
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Psalms 126:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
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Psalms 127:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.
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Psalms 129:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
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Proverbs 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
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Proverbs 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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