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Full
13 Hebrew and 11 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with “full”. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
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How often each original word is translated “full” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- מָלֵא mâlêbe full, filltranslated this way 36 times of its 242 uses · Strong’s H4390Verb · Translated: filled 66, full 34, fill 31, complete 8Full study and all 235 verses →
Genesis 6:11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
Exodus 8:21 But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
- מָלֵא mâlêfulltranslated this way 28 times of its 64 uses · Strong’s H4392Adjective · Translated: full 27, filled 27Full study and all 63 verses →
Genesis 23:9 to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
Deuteronomy 6:11 with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant— and when you eat and are satisfied,
- כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 11 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun · Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196Full study and all 4,112 verses →
- שָׂבֵעַ sâbêasated, satisfied, surfeitedtranslated this way 6 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s H7649Adjective · Translated: full 6, contented 1, abounding 1, well-fed 1Full study and all 10 verses →
Genesis 35:29 Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1 Chronicles 29:28 He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.
- שָׁלַם shâlambe complete, soundtranslated this way 6 times of its 109 uses · Strong’s H7999Verb · Translated: repay 20, fulfill 14, make restitution 7, made peace 6Full study and all 106 verses →
Exodus 21:36 But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.’’
Leviticus 6:5 or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
- מְלֹא melôfulness, that which fillstranslated this way 5 times of its 33 uses · Strong’s H4393Noun · Translated: everything 6, full 4, fills 4, handful 3Full study and all 31 verses →
Leviticus 16:12 Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
Numbers 22:18 But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
- עַיִן ayineyetranslated this way 4 times of its 764 uses · Strong’s H5869Noun · Translated: eyes 383, sight 186, eye 38, presence 13Full study and all 731 verses →
Genesis 30:41 Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
Numbers 33:3 On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
- שָׂבַע sâbabe sated, satisfied, surfeitedtranslated this way 4 times of its 97 uses · Strong’s H7646Verb · Translated: satisfied 39, filled 11, satisfy 10, fill 7Full study and all 93 verses →
1 Chronicles 23:1 When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
2 Chronicles 24:15 When Jehoiada was old and full of years, he died at the age of 130.
- יוֹם yômdaytranslated this way 3 times of its 2,013 uses · Strong’s H3117Noun · Translated: day 1,009, days 524, today 141, time 72Full study and all 1,744 verses →
Exodus 7:25 And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.
- תָּמִים tâmîmcomplete, soundtranslated this way 3 times of its 91 uses · Strong’s H8549Adjective · Translated: unblemished 39, blameless 16, without blemish 11, perfect 6Full study and all 85 verses →
Leviticus 23:15 From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
Joshua 10:13 So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
- רַב rabmuch, many, greattranslated this way 3 times of its 445 uses · Strong’s H7227Adjective · Translated: many 171, great 65, captain 24, long 14Full study and all 426 verses →
Esther 1:4 And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
Lamentations 1:1 How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
- תָּמַם tâmambe complete, finishedtranslated this way 2 times of its 56 uses · Strong’s H8552Verb · Translated: gone 6, finished 4, consumed 4, meet their end 3Full study and all 54 verses →
Leviticus 25:29 If a man sells a house in a walled city, he retains his right of redemption until a full year after its sale; during that year it may be redeemed.
Daniel 8:23 In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.
- יֶרַח yerachmonthtranslated this way 2 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s H3391Noun · Translated: months 5, month 4, full month 2, seasons 1Full study and all 12 verses →
Deuteronomy 21:13 and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
2 Kings 15:13 In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
Greek words (New Testament)
- γέμω gémōI am full oftranslated this way 8 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s G1073Verb · Translated: full 8, covered 3Full study and all 11 verses →
Matthew 23:25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
Luke 11:39 Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
- πλήρης plḗrēsfulltranslated this way 8 times of its 11 uses · Strong’s G4134Adjective · Translated: full 8, ripens 1, covered 1, occupied 1Full study and all 11 verses →
Luke 4:1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- πᾶς pâsall, the whole, every kind oftranslated this way 8 times of its 1,133 uses · Strong’s G3956Adjective · Translated: all 462, everyone 131, every 116, everything 87Full study and all 998 verses →
Acts 5:20 “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
Acts 5:21 At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin— the full assembly of the elders of Israel— and sent to the jail for the apostles.
- μεστός mestósfulltranslated this way 7 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s G3324Adjective · Translated: full 7, of 1, soaked 1Full study and all 8 verses →
Matthew 23:28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
John 21:11 So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many, the net was not torn.
- μισθός misthóswages, rewardtranslated this way 3 times of its 27 uses · Strong’s G3408Noun · Translated: reward 15, wages 8, full reward 3, profit 1Full study and all 26 verses →
Matthew 6:2 So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Matthew 6:5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- φωτεινός phōteinósbright, luminous, full of lighttranslated this way 2 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G5460Adjective · Translated: full of light 2, bright 1, light 1, radiant 1Full study and all 4 verses →
Matthew 6:22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
- σκοτεινός skoteinósfull of darkness, darktranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G4652Adjective · Translated: full of darkness 2, darkness 1Full study and all 3 verses →
Matthew 6:23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
- πληρόω plēróōI fill, fulfill, completetranslated this way 2 times of its 85 uses · Strong’s G4137Verb · Translated: fulfilled 25, fulfill 13, filled 13, complete 8Full study and all 85 verses →
Matthew 13:48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
Revelation 6:11 Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.
- ὅλος hólosall, the whole, entiretranslated this way 2 times of its 94 uses · Strong’s G3650Adjective · Translated: all 43, whole 42, full 2Full study and all 83 verses →
Luke 11:36 So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”
Acts 11:26 and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- πλήρωμα plḗrōmafullness, fulfillment, completiontranslated this way 2 times of its 15 uses · Strong’s G4138Noun · Translated: fullness 9Full study and all 15 verses →
Romans 11:25 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.
Ephesians 4:13 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.
- πανοπλία panoplíacomplete armortranslated this way 2 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G3833Noun · Translated: full armor 2, armor 1Full study and all 3 verses →
Ephesians 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Ephesians 6:13 Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.
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- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.