מָלֵא
mâlêʼ · maw-lay'
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root;
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָלֵא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
249 occurrences · 249 OT · 0 NT · 178 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is full12 · 10%
- filled12 · 10%
- shall be full8 · 7%
- and fill8 · 7%
- was filled7 · 6%
- shall be filled7 · 6%
- was full6 · 5%
- are full6 · 5%
- and filled5 · 4%
- fill5 · 4%
- are fulfilled5 · 4%
- be filled4 · 3%
- were fulfilled4 · 3%
- and i will fill4 · 3%
- to consecrate3 · 3%
- full3 · 3%
- had filled3 · 3%
- be fulfilled3 · 3%
- in the fulness2 · 2%
- to fulfil2 · 2%
- and hast fulfilled2 · 2%
- fulfilled2 · 2%
- to set2 · 2%
- fulfil2 · 2%
- and replenish2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.