pleroma denotes fullness or a full complement, including what fills a garment, baskets, or an appointed situation.

The dominant usage denotes fullness or a full complement in collective and abstract contexts: the earth and its contents, the fullness associated with Christ or God, a fullness of time, and the completion associated with law or the Gentiles. In the garment illustrations it denotes the material used to fill a tear, while the plural denotes filled baskets of gathered fragments.

1. fullness or full complement · dominant

   The singular noun marks a full quantity or completion in varied clauses: in 1 Corinthians 10:26 the APB renders the earth as belonging to the Lord “and its fullness”; in Galatians 4:4 it describes the arrival of “the fullness of time.” In Colossians 1:19 and John 1:16, the APB places fullness in clauses about dwelling in him and receiving from his fullness; Romans 11:25 speaks of the Gentiles entering, and Romans 13:10 calls love “the fulfillment of the law.”

   1 Corinthians 10:26Colossians 1:19Galatians 4:4John 1:16Romans 11:25Romans 13:10
2. material filling in a garment · occasional

   In the garment illustrations, the accusative singular occurs with a new piece and an old garment. Matthew 9:16 says that its fullness pulls away from the garment, while Mark 2:21 describes the new taking away from the old and producing a worse tear.

   Matthew 9:16Mark 2:21
3. filled basketfuls · occasional

   The accusative plural names the containers or full amounts gathered after food was distributed. In Mark 6:43 the APB renders “twelve basketfuls of broken pieces,” and Mark 8:20 asks how many “basketfuls of fragments” were taken up.

   Mark 6:43Mark 8:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “fullness” in many abstract and collective clauses, “fulfillment” in some completion-related clauses, and “basketfuls” in the gathering accounts. It is a whole-verse translation, so these renderings show the clauses’ presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent for every occurrence.