anaplēroō · fill up, fulfill

What it means

anaplēroō (ἀναπληρόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “fill up, fulfill”.

Fill up, complete; fulfill; also fill a place or supply what is lacking.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Supply what is lacking; come true; occupy a place.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• being fulfilled ×1
• fill up ×1
• fills ×1
• have made up for ×1
• make up ×1
• you will fulfill ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×1
• Philippians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1

• Matthew 13:14

  And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will indeed hear and never understand, and you will indeed see and never perceive.

• 1 Corinthians 14:16

  Otherwise, if you bless in the spirit, how will the one who fills the place of the uninstructed say the Amen to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

• 1 Corinthians 16:17

  And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have made up for your absence;

• Galatians 6:2

  Bear one another’s burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of the Messiah.

• Philippians 2:30

  because for the work of the Messiah he came close to death, risking his life to make up what was lacking in your service to me.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:16

  hindering us from speaking to the nations so that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath has come upon them to the end.