μεστός
mestós · G3324 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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very full
Pertaining to a quantity that fills a space beyond expectations or appropriateness
ExamplesJohn 19:29 A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.
John 21:11 So Simon Peter went up and hauled the net to land, full of large fish, 153; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
James 3:8 But no one among mankind can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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full of, completely, very, totally
A degree of completeness, with the implication of abundance
ExamplesMatthew 23:28 “So you too, outwardly appear righteous to people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy.
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to be full of, to be constantly engaged in
Pertaining to being extensively engaged in some activity or attitude
ExamplesRomans 1:29 people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are gossips,
Romans 15:14 And concerning you, my brothers and sisters, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to admonish one another.
2 Peter 2:14 having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having hearts trained in greed, accursed children;
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 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 2 words
- γέμω gémō · G1073 · to be full of, to contain
- μεστός (replete, full as a state/quality) and γέμω (to be full, to swell out) both denote fullness, with μεστός functioning as an adjective describing the state of being filled and γέμω as a verb expressing the condition of being full.
- πλήρης plḗrēs · G4134 · full, whole, complete
- Both denote fullness or being filled/replete, with μεστός emphasizing filled to capacity (often with a substance) and πλήρης indicating being full or complete (either literally filled or figuratively complete/perfect).
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Very full59.39
- This sense denotes being completely filled with a substance. John 19:29 describes “a jar full of sour wine” standing near the cross.
- To be full of, to be constantly engaged in68.77
- This sense denotes being wholly given over to a practice or quality. Romans 1:29 describes people “having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil.”
- Full of, completely, very, totally78.45
- This sense denotes being entirely characterized by a quality. James 3:17 describes wisdom from above as “full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, free of hypocrisy.”
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μεστή, μεστόν, from Homer (i. e. Epigr.) down, the Sept. for מָלֵא, full; with the…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 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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