Strong's Greek · G4130

G4130 plḗthō

πλήθω

play'-tho

to fill

Looking for Hebrew H4130 môwdaʻath? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G4130. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

plḗthō appears 24 times in Scripture, including Matthew 22:10 and Luke 1:15. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to "fill" (literally or figuratively (imbue, influence, supply)); specially, to fulfil (time)

In the King James Version

accomplish, full (…come), furnish

Derivation

a prolonged form of a primary πλέω (which appears only as an alternate in certain tenses and in the reduplicated form πίμπλημι);

Appears 24 times in Scripture

Luke 1:23

“And when the days of his service were complete, he returned home.”

Luke 5:7

“So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.”

Luke 1:67

“Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:”

Luke 1:15

“for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.”

Matthew 27:48

“One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink.”

Luke 1:41

“When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Luke 2:21

“When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He was conceived.”

Luke 2:6

“While they were there, the time came for her Child to be born.”

Matthew 22:10

“So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.”

Luke 1:57

“When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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