adjective
mestos
Strong’sG3324
full
stem mest-9 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μεστός, -ή, -όν,
[in LXX: Na 1:10, Ez 37:1 (מָלֵא), Es 5:2, Pr 6:34*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3324 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmes-tos'
replete (literally or figuratively)
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamesfull.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
full, ἄγγεα Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔγχεον μεστήν a full cup, Refs 4th c.BC+; of persons, οἶνον πίνεις μ. ὤν Refs 4th c.BC+
II with genitive, full of, ἀργυρίου.. ἀρτάβη μεστή Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀλφίτων, οἴνου, ἐλαίου, Refs.; ὄνος.. οἴνου μ. laden with.., Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 metaphorically, πάντα μ. ἐλπίδων ἀγαθῶν εἶναι Refs 5th c.BC+; μεστοὶ σπουδῆς, ἀταξίας, NT+5th c.BC+; μ. θεάτρου full of theatric pride, i. e. spoilt by applause, Refs; ὑπερηφανίας καὶ ὑπεροψίας μ. variant in Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2.b sated with, with genitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; τινος (of a person) Refs 1st c.AD+participle, μ. ἦ θυμούμενος, i. e. had had my fill of anger, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mestos | mestas2×μεστὴ | mestem2×μεστόν | mestois2×μεστοὶ | mestais | mesteim |
| object accusative | meston1×μεστὸν | mestan | mestoin2×μεστοὺς | mestain | ||
| direct address vocative | mestor | mestar | mestoir | mestair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | mestou | mestau | mesteu | mestoiu | mestaiu | mesteiu |
| to, for dative | mesto | mesta | meste | mestoi | mestai | mestei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mest is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
meston“full”objectaccusative singular1×
John 19:29“full”skevem keiote oxeu mestem; spongon oun meston teu oxeu hussōpa perititharantois prosferala autou …A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth.
mestas“full”subjectnominative singular2×
James 3:8… oudenos damazara dunotō anthrōpoiu; akatastatem kakosem, mestas iou thanatēforou.… tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:17… hagnas atō, epeita eirēnikas, epieikas, eupeithas, mestas eleseu kai karpoiu agathoiu, adiakritas, anupokritas;… all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial …
mestem“full”subject or objectdirect singular2×
John 19:29“full”skevem keiote oxeu mestem; spongon oun meston teu oxeu hussōpa …A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted …
John 21:11… helkata tem diktuem eis tan gēan mestem ichthoiu megoiu hekaton pentēkonta treis; kai …… dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with …
mestois“full”subjectnominative plural2×
Matthew 23:28… toi anthrōpoi dikaiois, esōthen de avō mestois hupokrisiau kai anomiau.… but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Romans 15:14… mis peri vu, hoti kai autois mestois avō agathōsunau, plērorēntois pantau gnōsiau, dunorōntois …… my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and …
mestoin“full”objectaccusative plural2×
Romans 1:29plērorēntoin panta adikia ponēria pleonexia kakia, mestoin fthonou fonou eridau dolou kakoētheiau, psithuristoin,… evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and …
2 Peter 2:14ofthalmoin echarōntois mestoin moichalidau kai akatapaustoin hamartau, deleazarōntois psuchain …Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin …