What does μεστός (mestós) mean in the Bible?
μεστός (mestós): Full to the brim with something; emphasizes completeness or saturation rather than mere presence.
Greek · G3324
μεστός
Replete (literally or figuratively)
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μεστός G3324
Pronunciation mestós
What does μεστός (mestós) mean in the Bible?
μεστός (mestós): Full to the brim with something; emphasizes completeness or saturation rather than mere presence.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3324?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include full (5), [It was] full (1), [They are] full (1), of (1), they soaked (1).
Where does μεστός (mestós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:28. Its strongest book concentrations include John (3), James (2), Romans (2), 2 Peter (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It full 5× Matthew 23:28, Romans 15:14, James 3:8, James 3:17
[It was] full 1× John 21:11
[They are] full 1× Romans 1:29
of 1× John 19:29
they soaked 1× John 19:29
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:28 μεστοὶ to full Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural John 19:29 μεστόν to of Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular John 19:29 μεστὸν to they soaked Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular John 21:11 μεστὸν to [It was] full Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Romans 1:29 μεστοὺς to [They are] full Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Romans 15:14 μεστοί to full Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural James 3:8 μεστὴ to full Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular James 3:17 μεστὴ to full Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 2 Peter 2:14 μεστοὺς to full Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:28
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 John 3 Romans 2 James 2 2 Peter 1
Source forms
μεστὴ 2x mestē James 3:8, James 3:17
μεστὸν 2x meston John 19:29, John 21:11
μεστοὺς 2x mestous Romans 1:29, 2 Peter 2:14
μεστοί 1x mestoi Romans 15:14
μεστοὶ 1x mestoi Matthew 23:28
μεστόν 1x meston John 19:29
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Romans 1:29, 2 Peter 2:14
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x James 3:8, James 3:17
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 23:28, Romans 15:14
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x John 19:29
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x John 21:11
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x John 19:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Full to the brim with something; emphasizes completeness or saturation rather than mere presence.
Strong's G3324
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 6 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 15:14 Source Gloss
replete (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Full to the brim with something; emphasizes completeness or saturation rather than mere presence.
full: with genitive of thing(s), Jhn.19:29 21:11, Jas.3:8; metaphorically, of thoughts and feelings, Mat.23:28, Rom.1:29 15:14, 2Pe.2:14, Jas.3:17 (cf. Pr, l.with).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:28 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
μεστοί mestoi
full
Read verse John 19:29 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
μεστόν· meston
full
Read verse John 21:11 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
μεστὸν meston
full
Read verse Romans 1:29 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
μεστοὺς mestouv
full
Read verse Romans 15:14 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
μεστοί mestoi
full
Read verse James 3:8 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
μεστὴ mesth
full
Read verse James 3:17 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
μεστὴ mesth
full
Read verse 2 Peter 2:14 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
μεστοὺς mestouv
full
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 6 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:28 · Rom 15:14 2×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 3:8 · Jas 3:17 2×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter John 19:29 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rom 1:29 · 2 Pet 2:14 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine John 19:29 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter John 21:11 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
replete with goodness and knowledge, metaphorical of spiritual qualities
Showing 1 selected witness from 9 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
μεστός is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain