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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Jeremiah 51:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, because His plan is aimed at Babylon to destroy her, for it is the vengeance of the LORD—vengeance for His temple.
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Jeremiah 51:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
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Jeremiah 51:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.
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Lamentations 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!
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Ezekiel 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
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Ezekiel 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
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Ezekiel 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
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Ezekiel 7:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
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Ezekiel 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
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Ezekiel 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
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Ezekiel 9:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
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Ezekiel 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
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Ezekiel 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.
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Ezekiel 10:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.
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Ezekiel 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
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Ezekiel 23:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.
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Ezekiel 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Put in the pieces of meat, every good piece—thigh and shoulder—fill it with choice bones.
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Ezekiel 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,’
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Ezekiel 27:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The ships of Tarshish carried your merchandise. And you were filled with heavy cargo in the heart of the sea.
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Ezekiel 28:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
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Ezekiel 30:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
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Ezekiel 32:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.
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Ezekiel 32:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.
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Ezekiel 35:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.
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Ezekiel 43:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
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Ezekiel 43:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.
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Ezekiel 44:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
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Daniel 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
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Daniel 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
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Joel 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
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Joel 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
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Source alternate reference: 4.13
Micah 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
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Micah 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
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Nahum 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.
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Habakkuk 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
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Habakkuk 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
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Zephaniah 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
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Haggai 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.
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Zechariah 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”
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Zechariah 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
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Zechariah 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
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