Lexicon
πλήθω, πίμπλημι
plēthō, pimplēmi
G4130
G:V Greek

to fill

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pletho, pimplemi describes becoming full of a spirit, emotion, or condition, as well as completing a period or filling a space or object.

The term most often marks people, groups, or a city becoming full of a stated spirit, emotion, or condition; it also describes days or written matters reaching completion and objects or spaces being filled.

Senses in use

  1. Becoming full of a spirit, feeling, or condition · dominant

    The passive forms describe subjects coming to be full of what the clause names: in Acts 2:4 the APB renders all of them as “filled with holy spirit,” followed by speaking in other tongues; in Acts 13:45 it renders the Jews as “filled with jealousy”; and in Acts 19:29 it renders the city as “filled with confusion.” In Luke 4:28 the synagogue hearers are “filled with wrath,” while Acts 4:31 joins being filled with the holy Spirit to speaking God’s word with boldness.

  2. Reaching completion or fulfillment · common

    In clauses about time and written matters, the passive forms mark the stated item as completed: Luke 2:6 concerns the days for giving birth, Luke 2:22 concerns days of purification, and Luke 21:22 concerns all the things written. The APB renders these clauses with “were completed,” “was fulfilled,” or “may be fulfilled.”

  3. Filling a physical object or gathering place · occasional

    Active forms describe filling concrete objects in Luke 5:7, where both boats are filled, and Matthew 27:48, where a sponge is filled with vinegar. In Matthew 22:10, a passive form describes the wedding as filled with those reclining.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “filled with” for people, groups, and the city, and “filled” for boats, a sponge, and the wedding. For periods and written matters it instead uses “completed” or “fulfilled”.

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