ἀνταναπληρόω
antanaplēróō · G466 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to fill up, to complete, to make complete
To complete something by adding what is still lacking
ExamplesColossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am supplementing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions in behalf of His body, which is the church.
How it’s used In 3 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: I 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὑστέρημαwhat is lacking 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐνin+ σάρξflesh, body, physical body 1
- ὑπέρfor+ σῶμαbody 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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Contrasting words 2 words
- κενόω kenóō · G2758 · to cause to lose power, to cause to be emptied of power, to make powerless
- Direct lexical opposite: κενόω means to empty or make void, whereas ἀνταναπληρόω means to fill up or supplement; these represent the binary semantic opposition of emptying versus filling.
- ὑστερέω hysteréō · G5302 · to lack, to be in need of, to be in want
- Expresses the state of lacking or being deficient, the conceptual opposite of supplementing or completing; ἀνταναπληρόω addresses the deficiency that ὑστερέω describes.
In the other Testament 2 words
- מָלֵא mâlêʼ · H4390 · to be full, to be filled, to fill (with oneself)
- Standard Hebrew verb for filling/completing, the common translation equivalent for Greek πληρόω-family verbs including compounds like ἀνταναπληρόω; both express the concept of making complete or supplying what is lacking.
- שָׁלַם shâlam · H7999 · to be finished, to finish
- Hebrew verb expressing completion and making whole, overlapping with the 'supplement/complete' sense of ἀνταναπληρόω; both can denote supplying what is needed to reach wholeness.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To fill up, to complete, to make complete59.34
- In Colossians 1:24, Paul says, “in my flesh I am supplementing what is lacking (antanaplērō̃) in Christ's afflictions in behalf of His body, which is the church,” describing the completing of a still-remaining portion.
Word family 22 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀνταναπληρῶ; (ἀντί and ἀναπληρόω, which see); to fill up in turn: Col 1:24 (the meaning…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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