plērēs · full

What it means

plērēs (πλήρης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “full”.

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. Holding no more, or lacking nothing.

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

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• John×1
• Acts×8
• 2 John×1

• Matthew 14:20

  And all ate and were satisfied; and they picked up what was left over of the pieces, twelve baskets full.

• Matthew 15:37

  And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

• Mark 4:28

  By itself the earth bears fruit, first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

• Mark 8:19

  when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They say to him, “Twelve.”

• Luke 4:1

  And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and he was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

• Luke 5:12

  And it happened, while he was in one of the towns, look, there was a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

• John 1:14

  And the Word became flesh and pitched his tent among us, and we saw his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and of truth.

• Acts 6:3

  So, brothers, select from among you seven men of good testimony, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this task;

• Acts 6:5

  And the matter pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,

• Acts 6:8

  And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people.

• Acts 7:55

  But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

• Acts 9:36

  Now in Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, is called Dorcas. She was full of good works and alms that she was doing.

• Acts 11:24

  for he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a large crowd was added to the Lord.

• Acts 13:10

  and said, “You full of all deceit and all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?

• Acts 19:28

  And when they heard this and became full of rage, they were crying out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

• 2 John 1:8

  Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.