Lexicon
ἐμπίμπλημι
empimplēmi
G1705
G:V Greek

to fill up

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Books
Greek
Language

empimplemi describes being brought to fullness, whether through food and good things or through the company of others.

The dominant attested use describes people or hearts reaching fullness in settings of food, good things, and hunger; one further occurrence applies the same completion language to being satisfied through others' presence.

Senses in use

  1. Reaching fullness from food or good things · dominant

    In Acts 14:17, the present active participle occurs with hearts supplied with food and gladness; the APB renders the clause “satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.” In John 6:12, Luke 1:53, and Luke 6:25, the forms occur respectively where people are satisfied, hungry people receive good things, and people are well fed.

  2. Being satisfied through others · rare

    In Romans 15:24, the first-person aorist passive subjunctive occurs in the speaker's hope to be “filled up by you in some measure” before continuing his journey. The clause presents fullness in relation to the people addressed rather than to food.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the word with “satisfying,” “satisfied,” “filled,” “well fed,” and “filled up.” These expressions show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.

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