πληρόω plēróō

Meaning

to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.

In the King James Version: accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply

Derivation: from G4134 (πλήρης);

Where it is used

• Matthew 1:22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
• Matthew 2:15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
• Matthew 2:17 Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
• Matthew 2:23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
• Matthew 3:15 “Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
• Matthew 4:14 to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
• Matthew 5:17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
• Matthew 8:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
• Matthew 12:17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
• Matthew 13:35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
• Matthew 13:48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
• Matthew 21:4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
• Matthew 23:32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
• Matthew 26:54 But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
• Matthew 26:56 But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
• Matthew 27:9 Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,
• Matthew 27:35 When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.
• Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”
• Mark 14:49 Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”
• Mark 15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
• Luke 1:20 And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
• Luke 2:40 And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.
• Luke 3:5 Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
• Luke 4:21 and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
• Luke 7:1 When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.
• Luke 9:31 They appeared in glory and spoke about His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
• Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Luke 22:16 For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
• Luke 24:44 Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
• John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
• John 7:8 Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
• John 12:3 Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
• John 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
• John 13:18 I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
• John 15:11 I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
• John 15:25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
• John 16:6 Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
• John 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
• John 17:12 While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
• John 17:13 But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
• John 18:9 This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”
• John 18:32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
• John 19:24 So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
• John 19:36 Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
• Acts 1:16 “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.
• Acts 2:2 Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
• Acts 2:28 You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
• Acts 3:18 But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
• Acts 5:3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?
• Acts 5:28 “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
• Acts 7:23 When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
• Acts 7:30 After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
• Acts 9:23 After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
• Acts 12:25 When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
• Acts 13:25 As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
• Acts 13:27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
• Acts 13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 14:26 From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.
• Acts 19:21 After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
• Acts 24:27 After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.