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ἐμπίπλημι

To fill up

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ἐμπίπλημι G1705

Pronunciation empíplēmi

What does ἐμπίπλημι (empíplēmi) mean in the Bible?

ἐμπίπλημι (empíplēmi) is a Greek word meaning "to fill up". ἐμ-πίπλημι (on ἐμπίμπ-, see LS, see word, Bl.

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Meaning

to fill up

Extended definition

(on ἐμπίμπ-, see LS, see word, Bl., § 6, 8), and ἐμπιπλάω (Act.14:17), [in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא, שָׂבַע ;] to fill full, fill up, satisfy: with accusative of person(s) and genitive of thing(s), Luk.1:53, Act.14:17; pass., Luk.6:25, Jhn.6:12; metaphorically, with genitive of person(s), to take one's fill of: Rom.15:24 (cf. Dan LXX Su 32).

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 2 subjunctive 1 participle 2

Tense

aorist 3 present 1 perfect 1

Voice

passive 3 active 2

Mood

participle 2 indicative 2 subjunctive 1

NT Occurrences

Luke 1:53 ἐνέπλησεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 6:25 ἐμπεπλησμένοι perfect passive participle participle John 6:12 ἐνεπλήσθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Acts 14:17 ἐμπιπλῶν present active participle participle Romans 15:24 ἐμπλησθῶ aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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