Strong's Lexicon

G4134

G4134 — πλήρης

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekpleresadjectiveOccurrences: 16

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4134
Word:πλήρης
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G4130
Language:Greek
Occurrences:16
Transliteration:pleres
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:play'-race
Meaning:1. filled, replete, or covered over 2. (by analogy) complete
KJV Renderings:full

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πλήρης, πλῆρες (ΠΛΑΩ), from Aeschylus and Herodotus down, the Sept. chiefly for îÈìÅà;

a. full, i. e. filled up (as opposed to empty): of hollow vessels, Mat 14:20; Mat 15:37; Mar 6:43 (R G L); with a genitive of the thing, Mar 8:19; of a surface, covered in every part: λέπρας, Luk 5:12; of the soul, thoroughly permeated with: πνεύματος ἁγίου, Luk 4:1; Act 6:3; Act 7:55; Act 11:24; πίστεως, Act 6:5; χάριτος, Act 6:8 (Rec. πίστεως); χάριτος καί ἀληθείας, Joh 1:14; δόλου, Act 13:10 (Jer 5:27); θυμοῦ, Act 19:28; abounding in, ἔργων ἀγαθῶν, Act 9:36.

b. full i. e. complete; lacking nothing, perfect (so the Sept. sometimes for ùÈÑìÅí; σελήνη πλήρης, Sir. I. 6, cf. Herodotus 6, 106): μισθός, 2Jn 1:8 (Rth 2:12); σῖτος, a full kernel of grain (one completely filling the follicle or hull containing it), Mar 4:28.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

πλήρης (full)

Matthew 14:20

KJV: And they did all eat and were filled and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full
GK: και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν και ήραν το περισσεύον των κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις

Matthew 15:37

KJV: And they did all eat and were filled and they took up of the broken that was left seven baskets full
GK: και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν και ήραν το περισσεύον των κλασμάτων επτά σπυρίδας πλήρεις

Mark 4:28

KJV: For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself first the blade then the ear after that the full corn in the ear
GK: αυτομάτη γαρ η γη καρποφορεί πρώτον χόρτον είτα στάχυν είτα πλήρη σίτον εν τω στάχυϊ

Mark 6:43

KJV: And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes
GK: και ήραν κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις και από των ιχθύων

Mark 8:19

KJV: When I brake the five loaves among five thousand how many baskets full of fragments took ye up They say unto him Twelve
GK: ότε τους πέντε άρτους έκλασα εις τους πεντακισχιλίους πόσους κοφίνους πλήρεις κλασμάτων ήρατε λέγουσιν αυτώ δώδεκα

Luke 4:1

KJV: And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
GK: Ιησούς δε πνεύματος αγίου πλήρης υπέστρεψεν από του Ιορδάνου και ήγετο εν τω πνεύματι εις την έρημον

Luke 5:12

KJV: And it came to pass when he was in a certain city behold a man full of leprosy who seeing Jesus fell on face and besought him saying Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean
GK: και εγένετο εν τω είναι αυτόν εν μιά των πόλεων και ιδού ανήρ πλήρης λέπρας και ιδών τον Ιησούν πεσών επί πρόσωπον εδεήθη αυτού λέγων κύριε εάν θέλης δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι

John 1:14

KJV: And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth
GK: και ο λόγος σάρξ εγένετο και εσκήνωσεν εν ημίν και εθεασάμεθα την δόξαν αυτού δόξαν ως μονογενούς παρά πατρός πλήρης χάριτος και αληθείας

Acts 6:3

KJV: Wherefore brethren look ye out among you seven men of honest report full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom whom we may appoint over this business
GK: επισκέψασθε ούν αδελφοί άνδρας εξ υμών μαρτυρουμένους επτά πλήρεις πνεύματος αγίου και σοφίας ους καταστήσομεν επί της χρείας ταύτης
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