Plḗrōma — G4138

Definition

neuter noun

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

1. etymologically it has a passive sense, that which is (or has been) filled
2. that which fills or with which a thing is filled
3. fullness, abundance
4. equivalent to πλήρωσις , i. e. a fulfilling, keeping

Usually translated as

fulfilling, full, which is put in to fill up, piece that filled up, fulness

Origin

from G4137

• plēróō (G4137)

Occurrences

Plḗrōma occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (2), Romans (2)

• Matthew 9:16 — No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up (πλήρωμα) taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
• Mark 2:21 — No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up (πλήρωμα) taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
• Mark 8:20 — And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full (πληρώματα) of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
• Romans 13:10 — Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling (πλήρωμα) of the law.
• Romans 15:29 — And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the (πληρώματι) fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.