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Strong's G4138 πλήρωμα (pleroma)

Pleroma means “which is put in to fill up” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4138 — moledeth (“begotten”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4138
Language Greek
Linked Usages 30
Books 14

Strong's G4138 Quick Answer

Strong's G4138 πλήρωμα (pleroma) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pleroma (play'-ro-mah) n. 1. repletion or completion 2. (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude) It has 30 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include filled, fill, and filleth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
pleroma (play'-ro-mah) n. 1. repletion or completion 2. (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude)
Usage
30 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
filled, fill, and filleth

Meaning and Definition

pleroma (play'-ro-mah) n. 1. repletion or completion 2. (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude) 3. (objectively) what is filled (as container, performance, period) [from G4137] KJV: which is put in to fill up, piece that filled up, fulfilling, full, fulness Root(s): G4137

Original Word
πλήρωμα
Transliteration
pleroma
Derivation
Root: πληρόω R1: 4137
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4138. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

fulfillment

Usage: πλήρωμα, -τος, τό (πληρόω), [in LXX for מְלֹא ;] the result of the action involved in πληρόω (Lft., Col., 255 if.; AR, Eph., 255 ff.), hence, __1. in passive sense, that which has been completed, complement, plenitude, fullness (in Xen., Luc., Polyb., al., of a ship's crew or cargo, and by meton. of the ship itself) : Jhn.1:16, Rom.11:12, 25 15:29, 1Co.10:26" (LXX) Eph.1:23 (AR, 42 ff.) Eph.3:19 (AR. 87 ff.) Eph.4:13, Col.1:19 2:9; of time, Gal.4:4, Eph.1:10; κοφίνων (σφυρίδων) πληρώματα, basketfuls, Mrk.6:43 8:20.

__2. In active sense (= πλήρωσις, as frequently in words of these formations, cf. κτίσις, and see MM, xx); __(a) that which fills up (but see Lft., l.with) : Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21; __(b) a filling up, completing, fulfilment: Rom.13:10.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4138 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pleroma, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

filled Mark 2:21 fill Matthew 9:16 filleth Ephesians 1:23

How Strong's G4138 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4138 (πλήρωμα) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4138 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4138 in the New Testament

17 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 9:16 KJV

No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

Mark 2:21 KJV

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.

Mark 8:20 KJV

And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.

Strong's G4138 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

13 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

1 Chronicles 16:32 Septuagint / Brenton

The sea with its fullness shall resound And the tree of the field, and all things in it.

Psalms 23:1 Septuagint / Brenton

A Psalm for David on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; The world, and all that dwell in it.

Psalms 49:12 Septuagint / Brenton

If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: For the world is mine, and the fullness of it.

Usage Excerpts

First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4138.

1 Chronicles 16:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sea with its fullness shall resound And the tree of the field, and all things in it.
Psalms 23:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A Psalm for David on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof; The world, and all that dwell in it.
Psalms 49:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: For the world is mine, and the fullness of it.
Psalms 88:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: Thou hast founded the world, and the fullness of it.
Psalms 95:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult; Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it.
Psalms 97:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it; The world, and they that dwell in it.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Better is a handful of rest Than two handfuls of trouble And waywardness of spirit.
Song of Solomon 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
His eyes are as doves, by the pools of waters, Washed with milk, Sitting by the pools.
Jeremiah 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We shall hear the neighing of his swift horses out of Dan: the whole land quaked at the sound of the neighing of his horses; and he shall come, and devour the land and the fullness of it; the city, and them that dwell in it.
Jeremiah 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, waters come up from the north, and shall become a sweeping torrent, and it shall sweep away the land, and its fullness; the city, and them that dwell in it: and men shall cry and all that dwell in the land shall howl,
Ezekiel 12:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say to the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord to the inhabitants of Jerusalem on the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread in scarcity, and shall drink their water in desolation, that the land may be desolate with all that it contains: for all that dwell in it are ungodly.
Ezekiel 19:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he prowled in his boldness and laid waste their cities, and made the land desolate, and the fullness of it, by the voice of his roaring.
Ezekiel 30:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will make their rivers desolate, and will destroy the land and the fullness of it by the hands of strangers: I the Lord have spoken.
Matthew 9:16 New Testament, KJV
No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
Mark 2:21 New Testament, KJV
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
Mark 8:20 New Testament, KJV
And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
John 1:16 New Testament, KJV
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Romans 11:12 New Testament, KJV
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Romans 11:25 New Testament, KJV
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Romans 13:10 New Testament, KJV
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Romans 15:29 New Testament, KJV
And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:28 New Testament, KJV
But if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
Galatians 4:4 New Testament, KJV
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Ephesians 1:10 New Testament, KJV
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Ephesians 1:23 New Testament, KJV
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Ephesians 3:19 New Testament, KJV
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Ephesians 4:13 New Testament, KJV
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Colossians 1:19 New Testament, KJV
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Colossians 2:9 New Testament, KJV
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4138, grouped by book.

1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 4 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 4 usages, New Testament
Colossians 2 usages, New Testament

Strong's G4138 FAQ

What does pleroma (πλήρωμα) mean?

Pleroma (Strong's G4138) is a Greek word most simply glossed "which is put in to fill up". pleroma (play'-ro-mah) n. 1. repletion or completion 2. (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude)

How many times is pleroma (πλήρωμα) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's G4138 across 14 books.

Where can I study pleroma (πλήρωμα) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4138 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate pleroma (πλήρωμα)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as filled, fill, and filleth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4138 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 13 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4138, with linked reader references where each row is available.