מְלֹא
mᵉlôʼ · mel-o'
fulness (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: rarely מְלוֹא; or מְלוֹ; (Ezekiel [41:8), from H4390 (מָלֵא);
fulness (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.
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 מְלֹא 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
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- full8 · 22%
- and the fulness6 · 16%
- and all that is therein4 · 11%
- his handful2 · 5%
- shall become a multitude1 · 3%
- to you handfuls1 · 3%
- fill1 · 3%
- and fulness1 · 3%
- all1 · 3%
- and with one full1 · 3%
- but an handful1 · 3%
- is mine, and the fulness1 · 3%
- is full1 · 3%
- shall fill1 · 3%
- when a multitude1 · 3%
- and all1 · 3%
- from all that is therein1 · 3%
- of that whereof it was full1 · 3%
- were a full1 · 3%
- with all that is therein1 · 3%
- and all that therein1 · 3%
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.