full
pleres describes persons, things, and a reward as filled or complete in what the surrounding clause names.
The dominant use describes a person as characterized by the quality named with it, including spirit, faith, grace, power, deceit, or leprosy. It also describes grain and baskets as complete or filled, and it qualifies the reward to be received in 2 John 1:8.
Senses in use
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Characterized by a named quality or condition · dominant
In Acts 11:24 the APB renders a man as “full of the Holy Spirit and of faith,” while Acts 13:10 addresses someone as “full of all deceit and all trickery.” The same construction describes Stephen in Acts 6:8 as “full of grace and power,” and Luke 5:12 describes a man “full of leprosy.”
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Filled or complete in a material setting · common
Mark 4:28 places the term with the grain in the head after grass and a head of grain. In Matthew 14:20 and Matthew 15:37, the APB renders the baskets gathered after the meal as “full,” and Mark 8:19 likewise speaks of baskets full of fragments.
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Complete reward · rare
In 2 John 1:8, the accusative singular form qualifies the reward that the readers may receive; the APB renders the clause “that you may receive a full reward.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “full of” for persons and their stated qualities or conditions, and “full” for grain, baskets, and the reward. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings only confirm the clauses' overall presentation.