πλήρωμα

πλήρωμα, -τος, τό

(πληρόω), [in LXX for מְלֹא ;]

the result of the action involved in πληρόω (Lft., Col., 255 if.; AR, Eph., 255 ff.), hence,

1. in passive sense, that which has been completed, complement, plenitude, fullness (in Xen., Luc., Polyb., al., of a ship's crew or cargo, and by meton. of the ship itself) : Joh 1,16, Rom 11,12, 25; 15,29, 1 Kor 10,26" (LXX) Ef 1,23 (AR, 42 ff.) Ef 3,19 (AR. 87 ff.) Ef 4,13, Kol 1,19; 2,9; of time, Gal 4,4, Ef 1,10; κοφίνων (σφυρίδων) πληρώματα, basketfuls, Mark 6,43; 8,20.

2. In active sense (= πλήρωσις, as frequently in words of these formations, cf. κτίσις, and see MM, xx);

(a) that which fills up (but see Lft., l.with) : Matt 9,16, Mark 2,21;

(b) a filling up, completing, fulfilment: Rom 13,10,†