γέμωgémō

to be full

Greek (New Testament) · G1073

Meanings

1. properly, of a ship.

2. Generally

(a) with genitive of thing: Matthew 23:27, Luke 11:39, Romans 3:14 (LXX), Revelation 4:6, Revelation 4:8, Revelation 5:8, Revelation 15:7, Revelation 17:3 (Rec.) Revelation 7:4, Revelation 21:9

(b) followed by ἐκ: Matthew 23:25

(c) with accusative of thing (called a solecism in WM, 251; Bl., §36, 4), as in later Gk. from Byz. to Mod. times (Jannaris, Gr., 1319): Revelation 17:3.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 23:25 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and self-indulgence!
  • Matthew 23:27 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs—beautiful on the outside but filled on the inside with dead people’s bones and all sorts of impurity.
  • Luke 11:39 Then the Lord said to him, “You Pharisees are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and wickedness!
  • Romans 3:14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
  • Revelation 4:6 In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back.
  • Revelation 4:8 Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.