μεστόςmestós
replete (literally or figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G3324
Meanings
full: with genitive of thing, John 19:29, John 21:11, James 3:8; metaphorically, of thoughts and feelings, Matthew 23:28, Romans 1:29, Romans 15:14, 2 Peter 2:14, James 3:17 (cf. Proverbs 6:34).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 23:28 Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.
- John 19:29 A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a hyssop branch, and held it up to his lips.
- John 21:11 So Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net to the shore. There were 153 large fish, and yet the net hadn’t torn.
- Romans 1:29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.
- Romans 15:14 I am fully convinced, my dear brothers and sisters, that you are full of goodness. You know these things so well you can teach each other all about them.
- James 3:8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.