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Strong's H4393 מְלֹא (melo)

Melo means “fulness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4393 — prophero (“bring forth”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4393
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 37
Books 18

Strong's H4393 Quick Answer

Strong's H4393 מְלוֹא מְלוֹא מְלוֹ (mlo') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mlo' (mel-o') (rarely mlowf {mel-o'} or mlow (Ezekiel 41) n-m. 1. fullness (literally or figuratively) [from H4390] It has 37 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include all. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mlo' (mel-o') (rarely mlowf {mel-o'} or mlow (Ezekiel 41) n-m. 1. fullness (literally or figuratively) [from H4390]
Usage
37 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
all

Meaning and Definition

mlo' (mel-o') (rarely mlowf {mel-o'} or mlow (Ezekiel 41) n-m. 1. fullness (literally or figuratively) [from H4390] KJV: X all along, X all that is (there-)in, fill, (X that whereof...was) full, fullness, (hand- )full, multitude. Root(s): H4390

Original Word
מְלוֹא מְלוֹא מְלוֹ
Transliteration
mlo'
Derivation
Root: מלא First root strongs: 4390
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4393. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

fullness

Usage: 1) fulness, that which fills 1a) fulness, handful 1b) mass, multitude 1c) fulness, that which fills, entire contents 1d) full length, full line

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How Strong's H4393 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mlo', 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.

all Leviticus 2:2 12×

How Strong's H4393 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes 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 Old Testament with 37 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4393 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 H4393 in the Old Testament

37 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 48:19 KJV

And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Exodus 9:8 KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

Exodus 16:32 KJV

And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

Usage Excerpts

First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4393.

Genesis 48:19 Old Testament, KJV
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
Exodus 9:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Exodus 16:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
Exodus 16:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
Leviticus 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
Leviticus 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 16:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
Numbers 22:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Numbers 24:13 Old Testament, KJV
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
Deuteronomy 33:16 Old Testament, KJV
And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
Judges 6:38 Old Testament, KJV
And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
1 Samuel 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
2 Samuel 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
1 Kings 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
2 Kings 4:39 Old Testament, KJV
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
1 Chronicles 16:32 Old Testament, KJV
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
Psalms 24:1 Old Testament, KJV
The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Psalms 50:12 Old Testament, KJV
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms 89:11 Old Testament, KJV
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Psalms 96:11 Old Testament, KJV
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms 98:7 Old Testament, KJV
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Isaiah 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Isaiah 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isaiah 22:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
Isaiah 31:4 Old Testament, KJV
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
Isaiah 34:1 Old Testament, KJV
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
Isaiah 42:10 Old Testament, KJV
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Jeremiah 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
Jeremiah 47:2 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
Ezekiel 12:19 Old Testament, KJV
And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
Ezekiel 19:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Ezekiel 30:12 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel 32:15 Old Testament, KJV
When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 41:8 Old Testament, KJV
I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
Amos 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Micah 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4393, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4393 FAQ

What does melo (מְלֹא) mean?

Melo (Strong's H4393) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "fulness". mlo' (mel-o') (rarely mlowf {mel-o'} or mlow (Ezekiel 41) n-m. 1. fullness (literally or figuratively) [from H4390]

How many times is melo (מְלֹא) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's H4393 across 18 books.

Where can I study melo (מְלֹא) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4393 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate melo (מְלֹא)?

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