HebrewH4390Verb

מָלֵא

ma.le

227Occurrences
H4390Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to fill, be full 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be full 1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle) 1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended 1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied 1b2) to be accomplished, be ended 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to fill 1c2) to satisfy 1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete 1c4) to confirm 1d) (Pual) to be filled 1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against Aramaic equivalent: me.la (*מְלָא *"to fill" H4391)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

מָלֵא appears 227 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
23
Exodus
22
Isaiah
21
Jeremiah
21
Job
16
Genesis
15
Psalms
14
1 Kings
11

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 17:11BSB

And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

Ecclesiastes 8:11BSB

When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

Ezk 5:2BSB

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Isaiah 65:20BSB

No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days,or an old man fail to live out his years.For the youth will die at a hundred years,and he who fails to reach a hundredwill be considered accursed.

Joshua 3:15BSB

Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,

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