pleroo describes bringing words, tasks, and times to their stated completion, and filling places or people with what is named.

The supplied verses most often use the term for bringing a spoken or written word to realization, especially when Scripture, a prophetic word, or a stated saying reaches what it declares. It also describes filling a place, person, or inward state, and completing a service, course, period, or other assigned matter.

1. Bring a written or spoken word to realization · dominant

   Aorist passive forms repeatedly occur in clauses stating that a writing, Scripture, prophetic word, or saying reaches its stated outcome. In Acts 3:18 the APB renders that God “fulfilled what he foretold” concerning suffering; John 19:36 likewise places the form in a purpose clause concerning a writing, while Acts 1:16 identifies Scripture as necessary to be fulfilled.

   Acts 1:16Acts 3:18John 12:38John 13:18John 19:24John 19:36
2. Fill a place, person, or inward state · common

   The term describes a house filled by a sound in Acts 2:2 and by fragrance in John 12:3, while passive forms describe people filled with joy, wisdom, knowledge, or the Spirit. In Acts 13:52 the APB renders the disciples as “filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit,” and in Colossians 1:9 it renders the prayer that the readers “may be filled with the knowledge of his will.”

   Acts 2:2Acts 13:52John 12:3John 16:6Colossians 1:9Ephesians 5:18
3. Complete a task, course, or allotted period · occasional

   Active and passive forms mark the finishing of an assigned service, a course, or a period of time. Acts 12:25 uses an aorist active participle for returning after completing the service, Acts 13:25 describes John as completing his course, and Luke 21:24 speaks of the times of the nations reaching completion.

   Acts 12:25Acts 13:25Colossians 4:17John 7:8Luke 21:24Luke 9:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB uses “fulfilled” for writings, prophecy, law, and foretelling; “filled” or “full” for places, joy, knowledge, and other states; and “completing” or “complete” for services, courses, and times. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these English terms show the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed one-word equivalent.