be full
gemo describes persons or things being filled with what is within them, from cups and bowls to mouths and living creatures.
The verb consistently describes an entity as filled with a specified content: interior vessels contain plunder, evil, incense, or abominations; living creatures are filled with eyes; and a mouth is filled with cursing and bitterness.
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Being filled with a specified content · dominant
Present forms describe the inside of cups and dishes as containing plunder, self-indulgence, and evil in Matthew 23:25 and Luke 11:39; Matthew 23:27 similarly speaks of graves containing bones and uncleanness. Participial forms characterize bowls as containing wrath or incense in Revelation 15:7 and Revelation 5:8, while Revelation 4:6 describes the living creatures as filled with eyes.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the clause with “full of,” as for cups, bowls, graves, creatures, and a mouth. Its wording confirms the verse-level image of specified contents rather than supplying a separate definition.