ἐμπίπλημι
empíplēmi · G1705 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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to be satisfied, to have one’s fill
(Two different forms of the same base, compare sense 3) To be satisfied with food on the basis of having eaten enough
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to enjoy
To enjoy something fully and completely, with the implication of satisfying one’s desires
ExamplesRomans 15:24 whenever I go to Spain—for I hope to see you in passing, and to be helped on my way there by you, when I have first enjoyed your company for a while—
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to satisfy with food, to fill with food
(Two different forms of the same base, compare sense 1) To cause someone to be satisfied as the result of food which has been provided in sufficient quantity
ExamplesLuke 1:53 “He has filled the hungry with good things, And sent the rich away empty-handed.
Acts 14:17 yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated: they 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καρδίαheart 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπόfrom+ μέροςpart 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- νῦνnow 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- χορτάζω chortázō · G5526 · to cause to eat one’s fill, to satisfy with food, to eat one’s fill
- The target term and χορτάζω (“to fodder, to gorge”) both belong to the semantic field of eating to satisfaction, converging narrowly on the sense of being filled or satisfied with food; χορτάζω leans toward gorging, while the target has a broader range of application within the same eating-to-fullness field.
In the other Testament 2 words
- מָלֵא mâlêʼ · H4390 · to be full, to be filled, to fill (with oneself)
- מָלֵא (mâlêʼ, H4390) is the primary Hebrew verb for 'fill/make full' used to translate ἐμπίπλημι (empíplēmi, G1705) in contexts of satisfaction or filling completely, with both sharing the core semantic domain of bringing something to fullness or completion.
- שָׂבַע sâbaʻ · H7646 · to be satiated, to become satiated, to satisfy (someone with food)
- Hebrew שָׂבַע (sâbaʻ, H7646) denotes satisfaction through filling or satiation, directly corresponding to Greek ἐμπίπλημι (empíplēmi, G1705) which conveys the act of filling to the point of satisfaction; both terms share the core semantic range of filling → satiation with full translation equivalence across literal and figurative uses.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To satisfy with food, to fill with food23.17
- This verb means to fill or satisfy someone, especially with food, used in Mary's song of the reversal God brings about — "HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS; AND SENT AWAY THE RICH EMPTY-HANDED" (Luke 1:53).
- To be satisfied, to have one’s fill23.18
- It also describes being satisfied or filled in a way that Jesus contrasts with future mourning, in His pronouncement of woe on those presently full — "Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry" (Luke 6:25).
- To enjoy25.114
- It further describes taking one's fill of enjoyment in the company of others, used of Paul's hope to first enjoy the Roman believers' company before continuing his travels — "whenever I go to Spain... and once I have first enjoyed your company for a while" (Romans 15:24).
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (not ἐμπίμπλημι (see ἐν, III. 3); for euphony's sake, Lob. ad Phryn., p. 95; Veitch, p.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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