What does πλήρωμα · ἔθνος mean in the Bible?
πλήρωμα · ἔθνος is a Greek phrase meaning "fullness or full number of the Gentiles".
Greek · G4138, G1484
πλήρωμα τῶν ἐθνῶν
Fulfillment · Gentiles
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πλήρωμα G4138 fulfillment
Pronunciation plḗrōma
Fullness or completion achieved through filling; what has been made complete or filled up.
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ἔθνος G1484 Gentiles
Pronunciation éthnos
Singular form means a nation or people group; plural means non-Jewish peoples, the Gentiles.
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What does πλήρωμα τῶν ἐθνῶν (plērōma tōn ethnōn) mean in the Bible?
πλήρωμα · ἔθνος is a Greek phrase meaning "fullness or full number of the Gentiles".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4138, G1484?
G4138, G1484 is connected to 17 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. fullness or full number of the Gentiles
Source Gloss
fullness or full number of the Gentiles
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 17 Case pattern Nominative (7) Number pattern Singular (15)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rom 11:12 · Rom 11:25 · Rom 13:10 · 1 Cor 10:26 · Gal 4:4 · Eph 1:23 · Col 2:9 7×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter John 1:16 · Eph 1:10 · Eph 4:13 3×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Rom 15:29 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 9:16 · Mark 2:21 · Eph 3:19 · Col 1:19 4×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Mark 6:43 · Mark 8:20 2×
Word Origins
πλήρωμα τῶν ἐθνῶν is built from this root:
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