Strong's G4138 · Greek
πλήρωμα
pleroma · /play'-ro-mah/
Definition
from 4137; repletion or completion, i.e. (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude), or (objectively) what is filled (as container, performance, period):--which is put in to fill up, piece that filled up, fulfilling, full, fulness.
KJV: which is put in to fill up, piece that filled up, fulfilling, full, fulness
Root / derivation: from 4137
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered πλήρωμα across 17 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
17 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Mark2 verses
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. new cloth: or, raw, or, unwrought cloth
Mark 8:20And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
Romans4 verses
Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? diminishing: or, decay, or, loss
Romans 11:25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. blindness: or, hardness
Romans 13:10Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Romans 15:29And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians2 verses
Galatians1 verse
Ephesians4 verses
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: heaven: Gr. the heavens
Ephesians 1:23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Ephesians 3:19And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Ephesians 4:13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: in: or, into stature: or, age
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's G4138 (pleroma) mean?
from 4137; repletion or completion, i.e. (subjectively) what fills (as contents, supplement, copiousness, multitude), or (objectively) what is filled (as container, performance, period):--which is put in to fill up, piece that filled up, fulfilling, full, fulness.
How many times does G4138 appear in the Bible?
Strong's G4138 (πλήρωμα) appears in 17 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “fulness.”
How is pleroma translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's G4138 is rendered as “fulness” (13×), “up” (2×), “fulfilling” (1×), “full” (1×).
Where does the Greek word πλήρωμα come from?
from 4137