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πλήρωμα G4138

G4138 is the Greek word πλήρωμα, transliterated plḗrōma. The King James Version most often renders it fulness.

Word: πλήρωμαTransliteration: plḗrōmaLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 16 verses

What it means

repletion or completion, i.e. (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude), or (objectively) what is filled (as container, performance, period).

Where it comes from

from G4137 (πληρόω).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

fulness 12×fill it up 1×filled it up 1×full 1×fulfilling 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: which is put in to fill up, piece that filled up, fulfilling, full, fulness.

Verses using πλήρωμα

All 16 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 9:16 · KJV

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Mark 2:21 · KJV

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

Mark 8:20 · KJV

And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

John 1:16 · KJV

And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

Romans 11:25 · KJV

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Romans 13:10 · KJV

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Romans 15:29 · KJV

And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:26 · KJV

For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

1 Corinthians 10:28 · KJV

But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:

Galatians 4:4 · KJV

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

Ephesians 1:10 · KJV

That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

Ephesians 1:23 · KJV

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Ephesians 3:19 · KJV

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Ephesians 4:13 · KJV

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Colossians 1:19 · KJV

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

Colossians 2:9 · KJV

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Common questions

What does Strong's G4138 mean?

G4138 is the Greek word πλήρωμα (plḗrōma), meaning repletion or completion, i.e. (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude), or (objectively) what is filled (as container, performance, period).

How is G4138 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it fulness (12 times), fill it up (1 time), filled it up (1 time), full (1 time), fulfilling (1 time).

How many times does G4138 appear in the Bible?

πλήρωμα (plḗrōma) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G4138 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from G4137 (πληρόω).

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