מָלֵאmâlêʼ
מָלֵא: be full, fill
Pronunciation: maw-lay' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4390
Meanings
Qal: adjective (Exodus 40:34; Esther 7:5; Job 36:17)
1. be full
a. fulness, abundance (Exodus 8:17; Exodus 10:6; Judges 16:27)
b. and of judgment on the wicked art thou full, be full, accomplished, ended (Genesis 6:13; Leviticus 19:29; Micah 6:12)
2. fill (Genesis 1:22; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 9:1)
Niph`al
1. be filled, be satisfied (Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ezekiel 32:6; Habakkuk 2:14)
2. be accomplished, ended (Exodus 7:25; Job 15:32)
Pi`el
1. fill (2 Kings 9:24; Ezra 9:11; Job 40:31)
2. special uses are (Job 38:39; Psalms 17:14; Proverbs 6:30)
3. fulfil, accomplish, complete (Genesis 29:27; Genesis 29:28; Exodus 23:26)
4. confirm (1 Kings 1:14)
Pu`al: filled, i.e. set (Song of Solomon 5:14)
Hithpa`el: mass themselves, perhaps denominative from מְלֹא 2 (Job 16:10)
: fill
Hithpe`el: was filled (Daniel 3:19)
Same root
- יִמְלָאYimlâʼ · H3229Jimla or Jimlah, an Israelite
- מְלָאmᵉlâʼ · H4391to fill
- מָלֵאmâlêʼ · H4392full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
- מְלֹאmᵉlôʼ · H4393fulness (literally or figuratively)
- מִלֻּאmilluʼ · H4394a fulfilling (only in plural), i.e. (literally) a setting (of gems), or (technically) consecration (also concretely, a dedicatory sacrifice)
- מִלֵּאתmillêʼth · H4402fulness, i.e. (concretely) a plump socket (of the eye)
- מִלּוֹאmillôwʼ · H4407a rampart (as filled in), i.e. the citadel
Where it appears
Appears 249 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 1:22 Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
- Genesis 1:28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
- Genesis 6:11 Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.
- Genesis 6:13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!
- Genesis 9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.
- Genesis 21:19 Then God opened Hagar’s eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink.
See every passage
- Genesis 1:22, 1:28, 6:11, 6:13, 9:1, 21:19, 24:16, 25:24, 26:15, 29:21, 29:27, 29:28, 42:25, 44:1, 50:3
- Exodus 1:7, 2:16, 7:25, 8:21, 10:6, 15:9, 23:26, 28:3, 28:17, 28:41, 29:9, 29:29, 29:33, 29:35, 31:3, 31:5, 32:29, 35:31, 35:33, 35:35, 39:10, 40:34, 40:35
- Leviticus 8:33, 9:17, 12:4, 12:6, 16:32, 19:29, 21:10, 25:30
- Numbers 3:3, 6:5, 6:13, 14:21, 14:24, 32:11, 32:12
- Deuteronomy 1:36, 6:11
- Joshua 3:15, 9:13, 14:8, 14:9, 14:14
- Judges 16:27, 17:5, 17:12
- 1 Samuel 16:1, 18:26, 18:27
- 2 Samuel 7:12, 23:7
- 1 Kings 1:14, 2:27, 7:14, 8:10, 8:11, 8:15, 8:24, 11:6, 13:33, 18:33, 18:35, 20:27
- 2 Kings 3:17, 3:20, 3:25, 4:6, 6:17, 9:24, 10:21, 21:16, 23:14, 24:4
- 1 Chronicles 12:15, 17:11, 29:5
- 2 Chronicles 5:13, 5:14, 6:4, 6:15, 7:1, 7:2, 13:9, 16:14, 29:31, 36:21
- Ezra 9:11
- Esther 1:5, 2:12, 3:5, 5:9, 7:5
- Job 3:15, 8:21, 15:2, 15:32, 16:10, 20:11, 20:22, 20:23, 21:24, 22:18, 23:4, 32:18, 36:16, 36:17, 38:39, 39:2, 41:7
- Psalms 10:7, 17:14, 20:4, 20:5, 26:10, 33:5, 38:7, 48:10, 65:9, 71:8, 72:19, 74:20, 80:9, 81:10, 83:16, 104:24, 107:9, 110:6, 119:64, 126:2, 127:5, 129:7
- Proverbs 1:13, 3:10, 6:30, 8:21, 12:21, 20:17, 24:4
- Ecclesiastes 1:8, 6:7, 8:11, 11:3
- Song of Solomon 5:2, 5:14
- Isaiah 1:15, 2:6, 2:7, 2:8, 6:1, 6:4, 11:9, 13:21, 14:21, 15:9, 21:3, 22:7, 23:2, 27:6, 28:8, 30:27, 33:5, 34:6, 40:2, 65:11, 65:20
- Jeremiah 4:5, 6:11, 13:12, 13:13, 15:17, 16:18, 19:4, 23:10, 23:24, 25:12, 25:34, 29:10, 31:25, 33:5, 41:9, 44:25, 46:12, 51:5, 51:11, 51:14, 51:34
- Lamentations 4:18
- Ezekiel 3:3, 5:2, 7:19, 7:23, 8:17, 9:7, 9:9, 10:2, 10:3, 10:4, 11:6, 23:33, 24:4, 26:2, 27:25, 28:16, 30:11, 32:5, 32:6, 35:8, 43:5, 43:26, 44:4
- Daniel 9:2, 10:3
- Joel 2:24, 3:13
- Micah 3:8, 6:12
- Nahum 2:12
- Habakkuk 2:14, 3:3
- Zephaniah 1:9
- Haggai 2:7
- Zechariah 8:5, 9:13, 9:15
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