What does מָלֵא (mālēʾ) mean in the Bible?
מָלֵא (mālēʾ): To fill means to complete, fulfill, or accomplish—moving from physical fullness to covenantal completion and consecration.
Hebrew · H4390
מָלֵא
To fill or (intransitively) be full of , in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
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מָלֵא H4390
Pronunciation mālēʾ
What does מָלֵא (mālēʾ) mean in the Bible?
מָלֵא (mālēʾ): To fill means to complete, fulfill, or accomplish—moving from physical fullness to covenantal completion and consecration.
Full entry for מָלֵא (H4390) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4390?
The BSB source-word alignment has 247 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include filled (12), is full of (12), and fill (10), was filled (7), Fill (6).
Where does מָלֵא (mālēʾ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (26), Exodus (23), Isaiah (22), Jeremiah (22).
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 filled 12× Genesis 24:16, Exodus 40:34, Exodus 40:35, 1 Kings 8:10
is full of 12× Genesis 6:13, Psalms 10:7, Psalms 33:5, Psalms 104:24
and fill 10× Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 9:1, Exodus 2:16
was filled 7× 2 Kings 10:21, 2 Chronicles 5:13, Esther 3:5, Esther 5:9
Fill 6× 1 Kings 18:34, Psalms 74:20, Jeremiah 23:24, Jeremiah 51:11
and filled 5× Genesis 21:19, Leviticus 19:29, 2 Kings 3:20, Psalms 80:9
are complete 5× Leviticus 8:33, Leviticus 12:4, Leviticus 12:6, Jeremiah 25:12
are full of 5× Psalms 38:7, Isaiah 15:9, Isaiah 22:7, Isaiah 30:27
is full 5× Psalms 48:10, Psalms 127:5, Ezekiel 7:23, Joel 3:13
will be filled 5× 2 Kings 3:17, Proverbs 3:10, Ezekiel 32:6, Habakkuk 2:14
with 5× Genesis 42:25, Genesis 44:1, 1 Samuel 16:1, Job 8:21
. . . 4× Genesis 50:3, Leviticus 25:30, Esther 2:12, Jeremiah 4:5
is filled 4× Numbers 14:21, Psalms 71:8, Psalms 119:64, Isaiah 21:3
wholeheartedly 4× Numbers 14:24, Numbers 32:11, Numbers 32:12, Deuteronomy 1:36
and ordained 3× Exodus 29:29, Leviticus 16:32, Judges 17:5
is complete 3× Genesis 29:21, Numbers 6:5, Numbers 6:13
are covered 2× Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 28:8
are filled 2× Proverbs 12:21, Proverbs 24:4
are fulfilled 2× 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Chronicles 17:11
are full 2× Psalms 26:10, Ecclesiastes 11:3
for settings 2× Exodus 31:5, Exodus 35:33
full 2× Genesis 6:11, Job 36:16
has fulfilled 2× 1 Kings 8:15, 2 Chronicles 6:4
he filled 2× 2 Kings 21:16, Jeremiah 51:34
He has filled 2× Exodus 35:35, Isaiah 33:5
or fill 2× Job 15:2, Ezekiel 7:19
to consecrate 2× 1 Chronicles 29:5, 2 Chronicles 13:9
to ordain 2× Exodus 29:35, Leviticus 8:33
took 2× Genesis 26:15, Leviticus 9:17
were completed 2× 2 Chronicles 36:21, Daniel 10:3
were filled 2× Psalms 126:2, Ezekiel 28:16
who filled 2× Job 3:15, Job 22:18
will be full 2× Exodus 8:21, Isaiah 11:9
You have fulfilled 2× 1 Kings 8:24, 2 Chronicles 6:15
[that] you have consecrated 1× 2 Chronicles 29:31
and confirm 1× 1 Kings 1:14
and covered 1× 2 Kings 23:14
and fills 1× Psalms 107:9
and fit it 1× Zechariah 9:13
and fulfilled 1× Jeremiah 44:25
and has been ordained 1× Leviticus 21:10
And He has filled 1× Exodus 35:31
And I have filled 1× Exodus 31:3
and I will fill 1× Haggai 2:7
and I will fill it 1× Psalms 81:10
and make 1× Psalms 20:4
and making 1× Proverbs 8:21
And mount 1× Exodus 28:17
and presented them as payment in full 1× 1 Samuel 18:27
and replenish 1× Jeremiah 31:25
and they have filled 1× Jeremiah 16:18
And they mounted 1× Exodus 39:10
And they will be filled 1× Zechariah 9:15
and thus fulfilled 1× 1 Kings 2:27
and to fill [those places] 1× Jeremiah 33:5
And you were filled 1× Ezekiel 27:25
At the end 1× Esther 1:5
be filled 1× Psalms 72:19
become fully set 1× Ecclesiastes 8:11
But I am full of 1× Jeremiah 6:11
But now you are laden 1× Job 36:17
came 1× Genesis 25:24
Can you fill 1× Job 41:7
completely 1× 1 Kings 11:6
content 1× Ecclesiastes 1:8
Cover 1× Psalms 83:16
covered 1× 1 Kings 20:27
drew 1× 2 Kings 9:24
fill them 1× Deuteronomy 6:11
filled it 1× Jeremiah 41:9
filling 1× Ezekiel 44:4
fills 1× Jeremiah 46:12
Finish 1× Genesis 29:27
For he had filled 1× 2 Kings 24:4
for their ordination 1× Exodus 29:33
grant 1× Psalms 20:5
had filled 1× 2 Chronicles 7:2
has been completed 1× Isaiah 40:2
has filled 1× Job 20:23
have come 1× Jeremiah 25:34
have crossed 1× Isaiah 23:2
have ended 1× Ezekiel 5:2
He finished 1× Genesis 29:28
He ordained 1× 1 Kings 13:33
he wholly 1× Joshua 14:14
heaping up 1× Psalms 110:6
Huram had great 1× 1 Kings 7:14
I am filled 1× Micah 3:8
I am full of 1× Job 32:18
I am going to fill 1× Jeremiah 13:13
I have filled 1× Exodus 28:3
I will be filled 1× Ezekiel 26:2
I will fill 1× Ezekiel 35:8
I will fill you up 1× Jeremiah 51:14
I will fulfill 1× Exodus 23:26
I will gorge myself on them 1× Exodus 15:9
in fulfillment 1× 2 Chronicles 36:21
In the midst 1× Job 20:22
In this way you are to ordain 1× Exodus 29:9
is bathed 1× Isaiah 34:6
is drenched 1× Song Of Solomon 5:2
is well nourished 1× Job 21:24
It filled 1× Nahum 2:12
It will be paid in full 1× Job 15:32
May You fill 1× Psalms 17:14
must be armed 1× 2 Samuel 23:7
or satisfy 1× Job 38:39
ordain 1× Exodus 28:41
ordained 1× Judges 17:12
overflows 1× Joshua 3:15
passed 1× Exodus 7:25
ran out 1× Lamentations 4:18
remained loyal 1× Joshua 14:8
required to complete 1× Genesis 50:3
satisfied 1× Ecclesiastes 6:7
set 1× Song Of Solomon 5:14
shall be filled 1× Jeremiah 13:12
should be filled 1× Jeremiah 13:12
so they shall consecrate 1× Ezekiel 43:26
that fills 1× Job 20:11
they are filled 1× Isaiah 2:6
they are pregnant 1× Job 39:2
They have filled 1× Jeremiah 19:4
they have filled it 1× Ezra 9:11
they join 1× Job 16:10
they must also fill 1× Ezekiel 8:17
They will fill 1× Exodus 10:6
to fill 1× Psalms 129:7
to live out 1× Isaiah 65:20
to satisfy 1× Proverbs 6:30
until it was covered 1× 2 Kings 3:25
vvv 1× 1 Samuel 18:26
was filled with them 1× Exodus 1:7
was full of 1× 2 Chronicles 16:14
we {will} fill 1× Proverbs 1:13
were full 1× 2 Kings 4:6
were full of 1× 2 Kings 6:17
were ordained 1× Numbers 3:3
when it was overflowing 1× 1 Chronicles 12:15
when we filled 1× Joshua 9:13
who fill 1× Zephaniah 1:9
will be full of 1× Joel 2:24
will fill 1× Isaiah 13:21
with their 1× Isaiah 14:21
would 1× Esther 7:5
would last 1× Daniel 9:2
you have been ordained 1× Exodus 32:29
You have filled me 1× Jeremiah 15:17
you have wholly 1× Joshua 14:9
You will be filled 1× Ezekiel 23:33
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:22 וּמִלְא֤וּ to and fill Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Genesis 1:28 וּמִלְא֥וּ to and fill Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Genesis 6:11 וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א to full Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Genesis 6:13 מָלְאָ֥ה to is full of Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Genesis 9:1 וּמִלְא֥וּ to and fill Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Genesis 21:19 וַתְּמַלֵּ֤א to and filled Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Genesis 24:16 וַתְּמַלֵּ֥א to filled Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Genesis 25:24 וַיִּמְלְא֥וּ to came Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Genesis 26:15 וַיְמַלְא֖וּם to took Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Genesis 29:21 מָלְא֖וּ to is complete Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 1:22
Aligned rows 247
Books represented 32
Genesis 16 Exodus 23 Leviticus 9 Numbers 7 Deuteronomy 2 Joshua 5 Judges 2 1 Samuel 3 2 Samuel 2 1 Kings 12 2 Kings 10 1 Chronicles 3 2 Chronicles 11 Ezra 1 Esther 5 Job 17 Psalms 21 Proverbs 7 Ecclesiastes 4 Song Of Solomon 2 Isaiah 22 Jeremiah 22 Lamentations 1 Ezekiel 26 Daniel 2 Joel 2 Micah 2 Nahum 1 Habakkuk 2 Zephaniah 1 Haggai 1 Zechariah 3
Source forms
מָלְאָ֥ה 8x mā·lə·’āh Genesis 6:13, Psalms 33:5, Psalms 48:10, Psalms 104:24
מָלֵ֥א 7x mā·lê 1 Kings 8:11, 2 Chronicles 5:13, 2 Chronicles 5:14, 2 Chronicles 7:1
וּמָלְא֥וּ 5x ū·mā·lə·’ū Isaiah 13:21, Isaiah 14:21, Isaiah 27:6, Ezekiel 30:11
מָלְאָ֣ה 5x mā·lə·’āh Isaiah 11:9, Jeremiah 23:10, Jeremiah 46:12, Jeremiah 51:5
וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א 4x wat·tim·mā·lê Genesis 6:11, Exodus 1:7, 2 Kings 3:20, Isaiah 2:8
מִלֵּ֖א 4x mil·lê Deuteronomy 1:36, 1 Kings 8:15, 2 Chronicles 6:4, Psalms 129:7
מָלֵ֖א 4x mā·lê Exodus 40:34, Exodus 40:35, 1 Kings 8:10, Jeremiah 23:24
מָלְא֖וּ 4x mā·lə·’ū Genesis 29:21, 1 Samuel 18:26, Isaiah 28:8, Jeremiah 16:18
Parsing patterns
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural 21x Genesis 29:21, 1 Samuel 18:26, 1 Chronicles 17:11, Job 20:11
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular 18x Exodus 35:35, Numbers 3:3, Deuteronomy 1:36, Joshua 14:14
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular 18x Genesis 6:13, Psalms 26:10, Psalms 33:5, Psalms 48:10
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular 17x Exodus 40:34, Exodus 40:35, Joshua 3:15, 1 Kings 8:10
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct 11x Exodus 29:33, Exodus 31:5, Exodus 35:33, 1 Kings 2:27
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 9x Genesis 29:28, Exodus 35:31, Leviticus 9:17, Numbers 14:24
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 9x Exodus 8:21, Exodus 10:6, Isaiah 13:21, Isaiah 14:21
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 8x 2 Samuel 23:7, 2 Kings 3:17, Psalms 71:8, Psalms 126:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. To fill means to complete, fulfill, or accomplish—moving from physical fullness to covenantal completion and consecration.
Strong's H4390
Lexical occurrences 250 verses Word forms 4 forms 153 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Leviticus 12:6-8 Source Gloss
to fill or (intransitively) be full of , in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
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 4 Aligned forms 153
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 77×
Perfect 1Chr 17:11 · 1Sam 18:26 · Ezek 8:17 · Ezek 28:16 · Gen 29:21 · Isa 1:15 · Isa 2:6 · Isa 15:9 · Isa 21:3 · Isa 22:7 · Isa 28:8 · Isa 30:27 · Jer 16:18 · Jer 25:34 · Job 20:11 · Job 21:24 61×
Infinitive construct Dan 10:3 · Jer 29:10 · Lev 8:33 · Lev 12:4 · Lev 25:30 · Num 6:5 · Num 6:13 7×
Sequential imperfect 1Kgs 18:34 · Exod 32:29 · Jer 51:11 3×
Participle active 2Kgs 6:17 · Isa 6:1 · Jer 23:24 3×
Imperfect 2Sam 7:12 · Esth 2:12 2×
Jussive Gen 50:3 1×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 56×
Perfect 1Kgs 8:15 · 1Kgs 11:6 · 1Kgs 18:35 · 2Chr 6:4 · 2Chr 16:14 · 2Kgs 9:24 · 2Kgs 21:16 · Deut 1:36 · Exod 35:35 · Isa 33:5 · Jer 41:9 · Jer 51:34 · Job 22:18 · Josh 14:14 · Num 3:3 · Ps 107:9 31×
Imperfect 1Kgs 13:33 · Isa 65:20 · Job 8:21 · Lev 8:33 · Lev 16:32 · Ps 20:5 · Ps 20:6 · Exod 29:35 · Ezek 3:3 · Job 38:39 · Ps 17:14 · Exod 23:26 · Job 23:4 · Prov 8:21 · Ezek 7:19 · Job 39:2 17×
Sequential imperfect 1Sam 16:1 · Ezek 24:4 · Gen 29:27 · Gen 44:1 · Ps 83:17 · Jer 4:5 6×
Participle active 1Chr 12:16 · Jer 13:13 2×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 18×
Imperfect 2Kgs 3:17 · 2Sam 23:7 · Isa 6:4 · Jer 13:12 · Prov 20:17 · Ps 71:8 · Ps 126:2 · Eccl 1:8 · Eccl 6:7 · Hab 2:14 · Job 15:32 · Eccl 11:3 · Prov 24:4 · Zech 8:5 · Ezek 23:33 16×
Cohortative Ezek 26:2 1×
Participle passive Song 5:2 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Participle passive Song 5:14 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
completion of a specified period or duration of time
being abundantly supplied or furnished with valuable things
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 250 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
מָלֵא is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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