noun · neuter

plērōmem

Greekπλήρωμα (plērōma)

Strong’sG4138

fullness, fulfillment, completion

stem plērōm-17 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

fullness12×full2×patch2×fulfillment1×

What it means

πλήρωμα, -τος, τό

(< πληρόω), [in LXX for מְלֹא;]

the result of the action involved in πληρόω (Lft., Col., 255 ff.; 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): Jo 1:16, Ro 11:12, 25 15:29, I Co 10:26(LXX), Eph 1:23 (AR, 42 ff.) 3:19 (AR. 87 ff.) 4:13, Col 1:19 2:9; of time, Ga 4:4, Eph 1:10; κοφίνων (σφυρίδων) πληρώματα, basketfuls, Mk 6:43 8:20.

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

(a) that which fills up (but v. Lft., Col., 255 ff.): Mt 9:16, Mk 2:21;

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

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4138 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidplay'-ro-mah

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

Fromfrom G4137;

King Jameswhich is put in to fill up, piece that filled up, fulfilling, full, fulness.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	plērōmem7×πλήρωμα	plērōmeim
of, belonging to genitive	plērōmeu3×πληρώματος	plērōmeiu
to, for dative	plērōme1×πληρώματι	plērōmei

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

plērōmstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

plērōme 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

Where it appears

17 occurrences, every one of them listed

plērōmem“fullness”subject or objectdirect singular7×

Romans 11:12“fullness”ei de tem paraptōmem autoiu ploutos kosmou kai tem hēttēmem autoiu ploutos ethneiu, pose mallon tem plērōmem autoiu.But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!

Romans 11:25“fullness”Ouk gar thelamō vin agnoarō, adelfoir, tem mustēriem houtem, hina mē aveiō heautoi fronimois, hoti pōrōsias apo mereu to Israēl ginatē achri hou tem plērōmem teiu ethneiu eiserchateia,I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 13:10“fulfillment”tas agapas to plēsion kakem ouk ergazetō; plērōmem oun nomou tas agapas.Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

1 Corinthians 10:26“fullness”tou kuriou gar tas gēas kai tem plērōmem autau.for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

Galatians 4:4“fullness”hote de erchata tem plērōmem tou chronou, exapostelata tos theos ton huion autou, gineraton ek gunaikau, gineraton hupo nomon,But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Ephesians 1:23“fullness”hotinas atō tem sōmem autou, tem plērōmem tou teim panteim en pantei plērerōtou.which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Colossians 2:9“fullness”hoti en auto katoikatō pantem tem plērōmem tau theotau sōmatikōs,For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.

plērōmeu“fullness”of, belonging togenitive singular3×

John 1:16“fullness”hoti ek teu plērōmeu autou nis pantois lambana, kai charian anti chariau;From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.

Ephesians 1:10“fullness”eis oikonomian teu plērōmeu toiu kairoiu, anakefalaiera teim panteim en to Christo, teim epi toi ouranoi kai teim epi tau gēau; en auto,as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.

Ephesians 4:13“fullness”mechris katantaneia tois pantois eis tan henotan tau pistiau kai tau epignōsiau tou huiou tou theou, eis anēron teleion, eis metrem hēlikiau teu plērōmeu tou Christou,until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

plērōme“fullness”to, fordative singular1×

Romans 15:29“fullness”oidamē de hoti ercherōtos pros vin en plērōme eulogiau Christou erchemi.I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ.

plērōmem4×

Matthew 9:16“patch”oudenos de epiballatō epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epi himatie palaie; airatō gar tem plērōmem auteu apo teu himatieu, kai cheirōnem schismem ginetō.No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.

Mark 2:21“patch”Oudenos epiblēmem rakeu agnafeu epiraptatō epi himatiem palaiem; ei de mē, airatō tem plērōmem apo auteu tem kainem teu palaieu, kai cheirōnem schismem ginetō.No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

Ephesians 3:19“fullness”gnōskara tē tan huperballarōtan tau gnōsiau agapan tou Christou, hina plēriveia eis pantem tem plērōmem tou theou.of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Colossians 1:19“fullness”hoti en auto eudokata pantem tem plērōmem katoikaraFor God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,

plērōmeim2×

Mark 6:43“full”kai airala klasmeim dōdeka kofinoiu plērōmeim kai apo toiu ichthoiu.and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

Mark 8:20“full”hote kai toin hepta eis toin tetrakischilioi, posaiu spuriaiu plērōmeim klasmeiu airava? kai legalō auto; Hepta.“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.