ἀναπληρόωanaplēróō
to complete; by implication, to occupy, supply; figuratively, to accomplish (by coincidence ot obedience)
Greek (New Testament) · G378
Meanings
1. to fill up, make full: τόπον, take one's place (cf. Heb. מָקוֹם מִלֵּא), 1 Corinthians 14:16; άμαρτίας, complete the number, 1 Thessalonians 2:16; τ. νόμον, observe perfectly, Galatians 6:2; passive, προφητεία, fulfilled, Matthew 13:14.
2. to supply: τὸ ὑστέρημα, 1 Corinthians 16:17, Philippians 2:30.
Same root
- ἀνάaná · G303properly, up; but (by extension) used (distributively) severally, or (locally) at (etc.)
- πληρόωplēróō · G4137to 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.
- προσαναπληρόωprosanaplēróō · G4322to fill up further, i.e. furnish fully
- ἀνταναπληρόωantanaplēróō · G466to supplement
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 13:14 This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that says, ‘When you hear what I say, you will not understand. When you see what I do, you will not comprehend.
- 1 Corinthians 14:16 For if you praise God only in the spirit, how can those who don’t understand you praise God along with you? How can they join you in giving thanks when they don’t understand what you are saying?
- 1 Corinthians 16:17 I am very glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come here. They have been providing the help you weren’t here to give me.
- Galatians 6:2 Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
- Philippians 2:30 For he risked his life for the work of Christ, and he was at the point of death while doing for me what you couldn’t do from far away.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 as they try to keep us from preaching the Good News of salvation to the Gentiles. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.