מָלֵא
mâlêʼ · maw-lay'
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4390 (מָלֵא);
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
- full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally)
- also, (concretely) fulness
- adverbially, fully
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
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
64 occurrences · 64 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- full13 · 22%
- of them full11 · 18%
- shekels, full11 · 18%
- and full2 · 3%
- was full2 · 3%
- were full2 · 3%
- for as much1 · 2%
- as it is worth1 · 2%
- of them were full1 · 2%
- that which is full1 · 2%
- it me for the full1 · 2%
- it for the full1 · 2%
- of a full1 · 2%
- it is full1 · 2%
- may be full1 · 2%
- is not full1 · 2%
- of her that is with child1 · 2%
- it was full1 · 2%
- filled1 · 2%
- thou that art full1 · 2%
- they are full1 · 2%
- even a full1 · 2%
- is full1 · 2%
- therefore i am full1 · 2%
- a multitude1 · 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.