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Greek · G4845, G2250

ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὰς ἡμέρας

To (ful)fill · day

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συμπληρόω G4845 to (ful)fill
Pronunciation symplēróō
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ἡμέρα G2250 day
Pronunciation hēméra
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What does ἐν τῷ συμπληροῦσθαι τὰς ἡμέρας (en tō symplērousthai tas hēmeras) mean in the Bible?

συμπληρόω · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "as the days were being fulfilled or approaching completion".

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What does συμπληρόω · ἡμέρα mean in the Bible?

συμπληρόω · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "as the days were being fulfilled or approaching completion".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4845, G2250?

G4845, G2250 is connected to 3 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. as the days were being fulfilled or approaching completion

Strong's G4845, G2250
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Word forms 2 forms 3 references

Source Gloss

as the days were being fulfilled or approaching completion
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.

Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Present, Imperfect Voices Passive
Tenses
Present Imperfect
Voices
Passive
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Present Passive Luke 9:51 · Acts 2:1 2×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Imperfect Passive Luke 8:23 1×
3 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
background 1 infinitive 2
Tense
present 2 imperfect 1
Voice
passive 3
Mood
infinitive 2 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Luke 8:23 συνεπληροῦντο imperfect passive indicative background Luke 9:51 συμπληροῦσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive Acts 2:1 συμπληροῦσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive

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

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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