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Fulfill in Scripture.

Explore fulfill in the Bible through the Hebrew 'Male' (To fill, fulfill, complete) and Greek 'Pleroo' (To fulfill, complete, fill). Discover how every original-language word for Fulfill deepens your understanding of Scripture.

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Strong'sWordLanguageDefinitionOccurrences
H4390מָלֵאmâlêʼHebrew

or מָלָא mâlâʼ (mawlaw'); (Esther 7:5), a primitive root accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly. - to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively) 1) to fill, be full 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be full 1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle) 1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended 1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied 1b2) to be accomplished, be ended 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to fill 1c2) to satisfy 1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete 1c4) to confirm 1d) (Pual) to be filled 1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against

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G4137πληρόωplēróōGreek

accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply. - to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.

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