πληρόω

πληρόω, -ῶ

[in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא ;]

1. to fill, make full, fill to the full, with accusative;

(a) of things : pass. (σαψήνη, φάραγξ), Matt 13,48, Luk 3,5" (LXX) ; figuratively, Matt 23,32 but chiefly of immaterial things: πᾶσαν χρείαν, Fil 4,19 ἦχος ἐλήρωσε τ. οἶκον, ApG 2,2 with genitive of thing(s) (cl.), ApG 5,28 pass., before ἐκ, Joh 12,3 (cf. B1., § 36, 4); π. τ. καρδίαν, Joh 16,6, ApG 5,3; metaphorically, of the all-pervading activity of Christ, Ef 4,10 mid., Ef 1,23

(b) of persons: to fill with, cause to abound in : with genitive of thing(s) (cl.), ApG 2,28 (LXX), Rom 15,13 pass., to be filled with, abound in: Ef 3,19, Fil 4,18; with genitive of thing(s) (cl.), ApG 13,52, Rom 15,14, 2 Tim 1,4; with dative (Æsch., al.), Luk 2,40 (with genitive, T), Rom 1,29, 2 Kor 7,4; with accusative (so in π., see MM, xx), Fil 1,11, Kol 1,9; before ἐν, Ef 5,18, Kol 2,10.

2. to complete;

(a) to complete, fulfil: of number, Åb 6,11, WH, tat.; of time (MM, xx), Mark 1,15, Luk 21,24, Joh 7,8, ApG 7,23, 30; 9,23; 24,27; ἐυδοκίαν, 2 Thess 1,11 τ. χαράν, Fil 2,2 pass., Joh 3,29; 15,11; 16,24; 17,13, 1 Joh 1,4, 2 Joh 12; τ. ἔργα, Åb 3,2 ἡ ὑπακυή, 2 Kor 10,6 τ. πάσχα, Luk 22,16

(b) to execute, accomplish, carry out to the full: Matt 3,15, Luk 7,1; 9,31, ApG 12,25; 13,25; 14,26; 19,21, Rom 8,4; 13,8; 15,19, Gal 5,14, Kol 1,25; 4,17, Åb 6,11, T, WH, R, mg.;

(with) of sayings, prophecies, etc., to bring to pass, fulfil: Matt 1,22; 2,15, 17; 2,23; 4,14; 5,17; 8,17; 12,17; 13,35; 21,4; 26,54, 56; 27,9, Mark 14,49; 15,28 (WH, R, txt. om.), Luk 1,20; 4,21; 24,44, Joh 12,38; 13,18; 15,25; 17,12; 18,9, 32; 19,24, 36, ApG 1,16; 3,18; 13,27, Jak 2,23 (cf. Lft., Col., 255 ff.).†