Berean Strong's Lexicon plēthynō: To multiply, increase, abound Original Word: πληθύνω Word Origin: From the Greek word πλῆθος (plēthos), meaning "multitude" or "fullness." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of multiplication is רָבָה (rabah), Strong's Hebrew 7235, which means "to become many, to multiply." Usage: The verb πληθύνω (plēthynō) is used in the New Testament to describe the act of increasing or multiplying in number or quantity. It often conveys the idea of growth or expansion, whether in terms of people, grace, or other blessings. This term is used to express both physical multiplication, such as the growth of a population, and spiritual or abstract increase, such as the growth of faith or grace. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of multiplication was significant in various contexts, including agriculture, family lineage, and wealth. The idea of growth and increase was often associated with divine favor and blessing. In the Jewish tradition, multiplication was seen as a sign of God's covenantal promise, particularly in the context of the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised to multiply Abraham's descendants. HELPS Word-studies 4130 plḗthō (or pimplēmi) – properly, fill to the maximum (full extent), "the limit" (CBL). 4130 /plḗthō ("full") implies "filled to one's (individual) capacity." [This root (plē-) expresses totality, and implies full quantity ("up to the max"). DNTT (1,733) notes its cognates (plērēs, plēroō, plērōma) all come from the root (plē-/plēthō) meaning "full in quantity." Thus 4130 /plḗthō ("to fill or complete") refers to "that which is complete in itself because of plentitude, entire number or quantity. . . . the whole aggregate," WS, 395,96). 4130 (plēthō) may be a by-form derived from the same root as pimplēmi. All these terms (cognates) emphasize the idea of "maximum (full extent)."] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4130: πίμπλημιπίμπλημι; (a lengthened form of the theme ΠΛΑΩ, whence πλέος, πλήρης (cf. Curtius, § 366)): 1 aorist ἔπλησα; passive, 1 future πλησθήσομαι; 1 aorist ἐπλήσθην; from Homer on; the Sept. for מָלֵא, also for הִשְׂבִּיעַ (to satiate) and passive, שָׂבַע (to be full); to fill: τί, Luke 5:7; τί τίνος (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 8 b.), a thing with something, Matthew 27:48; (John 19:29 R G); in the passive, Matthew 22:10; Acts 19:29; (ἐκ τῆς ὀσμῆς, John 12:3 Tr marginal reading; cf. Winers Grammar, as above note; Buttmann, § 132, 12). what wholly takes possession of the mind is said to fill it: passive, φοβοῦ, Luke 5:26; θάμβους, Acts 3:10; ἀνοίας, Luke 6:11; ζήλου, Acts 5:17; Acts 13:45; θυμοῦ, Luke 4:28; Acts 3:10; πνεύματος ἁγίου, Luke 1:15, 41, 67; Acts 2:4; Acts 4:8, 31; Acts 9:17; Acts 13:9. prophecies are said πλησθῆναι, i. e. to come to pass, to be confirmed by the event, Luke 21:22 G L T Tr WH (for Rec. πληρωθῆναι). time is said πλησθῆναι, to be fulfilled or completed, i. e. finished, elapsed, Luke 1:23, 57 (Winers Grammar, 324 (304); Buttmann, 267 (230)); STRONGS NT 4130: πλήθωπλήθω, see πίμπλημι. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance furnish, accomplish, fill, supplyA prolonged form of a primary pleo (pleh'-o) (which appears only as an alternate in certain tenses and in the reduplicated form pimplemi) to "fill" (literally or figuratively (imbue, influence, supply)); specially, to fulfil (time) -- accomplish, full (...come), furnish. Forms and Transliterations έπλησα επλήσαμεν επλησαν επλήσαν έπλησαν ἔπλησαν έπλησας έπλησε έπλησεν επλησθη επλήσθη ἐπλήσθη επλήσθημεν επλησθησαν επλήσθησαν ἐπλήσθησαν πεπληθυμμένη πίμπλησι πιμπλώνται πλήσαντες πλησας πλήσας πλήσατε πλησθεις πλησθείς πλησθεὶς πλησθή πλησθηναι πλησθῆναι πλησθης πλησθής πλησθῇς πλησθήσεσθε πλησθησεται πλησθήσεται πλησθήση πλησθησόμεθα πλησθήσονται πλησθήσονταί πλησθώσιν πλήσον πλήσουσι πλήσουσιν πλήσω πλήσωμεν eplesan eplēsan éplesan éplēsan eplesthe eplēsthē eplḗsthe eplḗsthē eplesthesan eplēsthēsan eplḗsthesan eplḗsthēsan plesas plēsas plḗsas plestheis plestheìs plesthêis plēstheis plēstheìs plēsthē̂is plesthenai plesthênai plēsthēnai plēsthē̂nai plesthes plēsthēs plesthesetai plesthḗsetai plēsthēsetai plēsthḗsetaiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 22:10 V-AIP-3SGRK: ἀγαθούς καὶ ἐπλήσθη ὁ γάμος KJV: the wedding was furnished with guests. INT: good and became full the wedding feast Matthew 27:48 V-APA-NMS Luke 1:15 V-FIP-3S Luke 1:23 V-AIP-3P Luke 1:41 V-AIP-3S Luke 1:57 V-AIP-3S Luke 1:67 V-AIP-3S Luke 2:6 V-AIP-3P Luke 2:21 V-AIP-3P Luke 2:22 V-AIP-3P Luke 4:28 V-AIP-3P Luke 5:7 V-AIA-3P Luke 5:26 V-AIP-3P Luke 6:11 V-AIP-3P Luke 21:22 V-ANP Acts 2:4 V-AIP-3P Acts 3:10 V-AIP-3P Acts 4:8 V-APP-NMS Acts 4:31 V-AIP-3P Acts 5:17 V-AIP-3P Acts 9:17 V-ASP-2S Acts 13:9 V-APP-NMS Acts 13:45 V-AIP-3P Acts 19:29 V-AIP-3S Strong's Greek 4130 |
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