πληρόω

πληρόω — plēróō

πληρόω πληρῶ (infinitive πληροῦν Luk 9:31, see WH's Appendix, p. 166); imperfect 3 person singular ἐπλήρου; future πληρώσω; 1 aorist ἐπλήρωσα; perfect πεπλήρωκα; passive, present πληροῦμαι; imperfect ἐπληρουμην; perfect πεπλήρωμαι; 1 aorist ἐπληρώθην; 1 future πληρωθήσομαι; future middle πληρώσομαι (once, Rev 6:11 Rec.); (from ΠΛηΡΟΣ equivalent to πλήρης); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. for מָלֵא;

1. to make full, to fill, to fill up: τήν σαγηνην, passive, Mat 13:48; equivalent to "to fill to the full, πᾶσαν χρείαν, Php 4:19; to cause to abound, to furnish or supply liberally: πεπλήρωμαι, I abound, I am liberally supplied, namely, with what is necessary for subsistence, Php 4:18; Hebraistically, with the accusative of the thing in which one abounds (cf. Buttmann, § 134, 7; Winer's Grammar, § 32, 5): of spiritual possessions, Php 1:11 (where Rec. has καρπῶν); Col 1:9, (ἐνέπλησα αὐτόν πνεῦμα σοφίας, Exo 31:3; Exo 35:31); equivalent to to flood, ἡ οἰκία ἐπληρώθη (Tr marginal reading ἐπλήσθη) ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς, Joh 12:3 (see ἐκ, II. 5); ἦχος ἐπλήρωσε τόν οἶκον, Act 2:2; with a genitive of the thing, τήν Ἱερουσαλήμ τῆς διδαχῆς, Act 5:28 (Libanius, epistles 721 πάσας — i. e. πόλεις — ἐνέπλησας τῶν ὑπέρ ἡμῶν λόγων; Justin, hist. 11, 7 Phrygiam religionibus implevit); τινα, equivalent to to fill, diffuse throughout one's soul: with a genitive of the thing, Luk 2:40 R G L text T Tr marginal reading (see below); Act 2:28; passive, Act 13:52; Rom 15:13 (where L marginal reading πληροφορέω, which see in c.), 14; 2Ti 1:4; with a dative of the thing (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 7), passive (Luk 2:40 L marginal reading Tr text WH); Rom 1:29; 2Co 7:4; followed by ἐν with a dative of the instrument: ἐν πνεύματι, Eph 5:18; ἐν παντί θελήματι Θεοῦ, with everything which God wills (used of those who will nothing but what God wills), Col 4:12 R G (but see πληροφορέω, c.); πληροῦν τήν καρδίαν τίνος, to pervade, take possession of, one's heart, Joh 16:6; Act 5:3; Christians are said πληροῦσθαι, simply, as those who are pervaded (i. e. richly furnished) with the power and gifts of the Holy Spirit: ἐν αὐτῷ, rooted as it were in Christ, i. e. by virtue of the intimate relationship entered into with him, Col 2:10 (cf. ἐν, I. 6 b.); εἰς πᾶν τό πλήρωμα τοῦ Θεοῦ (see πλήρωμα, 1), Eph 3:19 (not WH marginal reading); Christ, exalted to share in the divine administration, is said πληροῦν τά πάντα, to fill (pervade) the universe with his presence, power, activity, Eph 4:10; also πληροῦσθαι (middle for himself, i. e. to execute his counsels (cf. Winers Grammar, 258 (242); Buttmann, § 134, 7)) τά πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν, all things in all places, Eph 1:23 (μή οὐχί τόν οὐρανόν καί τήν γῆν ἐγώ πληρῶ, λέγει κύριος, Jer 23:24; Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wis 1:7, p. 55, cites examples from Philo and others; ((but ἐν πᾶσιν here is variously understood; see πᾶς, II. 2 b. δ. αα. and the commentaries))).

2. to render full, i. e. to complete;

a. properly, to fill up to the top: πᾶσαν φάραγγα, Luk 3:5; so that nothing shall be lacking to full measure, fill to the brim, μέτρον (which see, 1 a.), Mat 23:32.

b. to perfect, consummate; α. a number: ἕως πληρωθῶσι καί οἱ σύνδουλοι, until the number of their comrades also shall have been made complete, Rev 6:11 L WH text,cf. Düsterdieck at the passage (see γ. below). by a Hebraism (see πίμπλημι, at the end) time is said πληροῦσθαι, πεπληρωμένος, either when a period of time that was to elapse has passed, or when a definite time is at hand: Mar 1:15; Luk 21:24; Joh 7:8; Act 7:23; Act 7:30; Act 9:23; Act 24:27 (Gen 25:24; Gen 29:21; Lev 8:33; Lev 12:4; Lev 25:30; Num 6:5; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 4, 6; 6, 4, 1; πληροῦν τόν τέλεον ἐνιαυτόν, Plato, Tim., p. 39d.; τούς χρόνους, legg. 9, p. 866a.). β. to make complete in every particular; to render perfect: πᾶσαν εὐδοκίαν κ.τ.λ. 2Th 1:11; τήν χαράν, Php 2:2; passive, Joh 3:29; Joh 15:11; Joh 16:24; Joh 17:13; 1Jn 1:4; 2Jn 1:12; τά ἔργα, passive, Rev 3:2; τήν ὑπακοήν, to cause all to obey, passive, 2Co 10:6; τό πάσχα, Luk 22:16 (Jesus speaks here allegorically: until perfect deliverance and blessedness be celebrated in the heavenly state). γ. to carry through to the end, to accomplish, carry out, (some undertaking): πάντα τά ῤήματα, Luk 7:1; τήν διακονίαν, Act 12:25; Col 4:17; τό ἔργον, Act 14:26; τόν δρόμον, Act 13:25; namely, τόν δρόμον, Rev 6:11 according to the reading πληρωσωσι (G T Tr WH marginal reading) or πληρωσονται (Rec.) (see α. above); ὡς ἐπληρώθη ταῦτα, when these things were ended, Act 19:21. Here belongs also πληροῦν τό εὐαγγέλιον, to cause to be everywhere known, acknowledged, embraced (A. V. I have fully preached), Rom 15:19; in the same sense τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Col 1:25.

c. to carry into effect, bring to realization, realize; α. of matters of duty, to perform, execute: τόν νόμον, Rom 13:8; Gal 5:14; τό δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου, passive, ἐν ἡμῖν, among us, Rom 8:4; πᾶσαν δικαιοσύνην, Mat 3:15 (εὐσέβειαν, 4Ma 12:15); τήν ἔξοδον (as something appointed and prescribed by God), Luk 9:31. β. of sayings, promises, prophecies, to bring to pass, ratify, accomplish; so in the phrases ἵνα or ὅπως πληρωθῇ ἡ γραφή, τό ῤηθέν, etc. (el. Knapp, Seripta var. Arg., p. 533f): Mat 1:22; Mat 2:15; Mat 2:17; Mat 2:23; Mat 4:14; Mat 8:17; Mat 12:17; Mat 13:35; Mat 21:4; Mat 26:54; Mat 26:56; Mat 27:9; Mat 27:35 Rec.; Mar 14:49; Mar 15:28 (which verse G T WH omits; but Tr brackets it); Luk 1:20; Luk 4:21; Luk 21:22 Rec.;; Joh 12:38; Joh 13:18; Joh 15:25; Joh 17:12; Joh 18:9; Joh 18:32; Joh 19:24; Joh 19:36; Act 1:16; Act 3:18; Act 13:27; Jas 2:23 (1Ki 2:27; 2Ch 36:22). γ. universally and absolutely, to fulfil, i. e. "to cause God's will (as made known in the law) to be obeyed as it should be, and God's promises (given through the prophets) to receive fulfilment": Mat 5:17; cf. Weiss, Das Matthäusevang. as above with, p. 146f (Compare: ἀναπληρόω, ἀνταναπληρόω, προσαναπληρόω, ἐκπληρόω, συμπληρόω.)