Word study · lex.G4137
πληρόω plēroō
fill · fulfill · complete · carry out
Team definition
A verb meaning to fill or make full, used of things, persons, and immaterial objects. A further sense is to complete or fulfill, including time, number, and stated purposes. Another listed sense is to execute or carry out to the full. Rom 13:8 is cited in that last group, beside other passages where an action or requirement is carried through. The entry does not decide what “fulfilled” means in the argument of Romans.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 86
Matt 1:22Matt 2:15Matt 2:17Matt 2:23Matt 3:15Matt 4:14Matt 5:17Matt 8:17Matt 12:17Matt 13:35Matt 13:48Matt 21:4Matt 23:32Matt 26:54Matt 26:56Matt 27:9Mark 1:15Mark 14:49Luke 1:20Luke 2:40Luke 3:5Luke 4:21Luke 7:1Luke 9:31Luke 21:24Luke 22:16Luke 24:44John 3:29John 7:8John 12:3John 12:38John 13:18John 15:11John 15:25John 16:6John 16:24John 17:12John 17:13John 18:9John 18:32John 19:24John 19:36Acts 1:16Acts 2:2Acts 2:28Acts 3:18Acts 5:3Acts 5:28Acts 7:23Acts 7:30Acts 9:23Acts 12:25Acts 13:25Acts 13:27Acts 13:52Acts 14:26Acts 19:21Acts 24:27Rom 1:29Rom 8:4Rom 13:8Rom 15:13Rom 15:14Rom 15:192 Cor 7:42 Cor 10:6Gal 5:14Eph 1:23Eph 3:19Eph 4:10Eph 5:18Phil 1:11Phil 2:2Phil 4:18Phil 4:19Col 1:9Col 1:25Col 2:10Col 4:172 Thess 1:112 Tim 1:4Jas 2:231 John 1:42 John 1:12Rev 3:2Rev 6:11
Senses
1. fill, make full Acts 2:2, Eph 5:18
2. complete, fulfill Mark 1:15, Matt 5:17
3. carry out to the full Rom 13:8, Gal 5:14, Rom 8:4
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. πληρόω (G4137)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G4137
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
The debt of love and fulfilling the law (13:8–10) Rom 13:8; Rom 13:9; Rom 13:10