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with the fruits of righteousness, Phil. 1:11 (Gk. “fruit”); with the knowledge of God’s
will, Col. 1:9; with abundance through material supplies by fellow believers, Phil. 4:18;
(d) of the hearts of believers as the seat of emotion and volition, John 16:6 (sorrow); Acts
5:3 (deceitfulness); (e) of the unregenerate who refuse recognition of God, Rom. 1:29;
(II), “to accomplish, complete, fulfill. See
ACCOMPLISH
,
FULFILL
.
2.
(
$
, 378), “to fill up adequately, completely” ( , “up,” and
No. 1), is twice translated by the verbs “to fill, to fill up,” in 1 Cor. 14:16,
RV
(for
KJV
,
“occupieth”), of a believer as a member of an assembly, who “fills” the position or
condition (not one who “fills” it by assuming it) of being unable to understand the
language of him who had the gift of tongues; in 1 Thess. 2:16, “to fill up their sins,” of
the Jews who persisted in their course of antagonism and unbelief See
FULFILL
.
3.
(
$
, 466), “to fill up in turn (or on one’s part”;
,
“corresponding to,” and No. 2), is used in Col. 1:24, of the apostle’s responsive devotion
to Christ in “filling” up, or undertaking on his part a full share of, the sufferings which
follow after the sufferings of Christ, and are experienced by the members of His Body,
the church. “The point of the apostle’s boast is that Christ, the sinless Master, should
have left something for Paul, the unworthy servant, to suffer” (Lightfoot, on Col., p.
165).¶
4.
$
(
$
, 4845), “to fill completely” (
$
, “with,” and No. 1), is
used in the passive voice (a) of a boat filling with water, and, by metonymy, of the
occupants themselves, Luke 8:23 (
RV
, “were filling”); (b) of “fulfilling,” with regard to
time, “when the days were well-nigh come,”
RV
, for
KJV
, “when the time was come” (
RV
,
marg., “were being fulfilled”), Luke 9:51; Acts 2:1, see
RV
, marg. See
COME
.¶ In the
Sept. Jer. 25:12.¶
5.
(
)
, 4130) and
(
)
, 4130), lengthened forms of
, “to
fill” (
supplies certain tenses of
), is used (1) of things; boats, with fish,
Luke 5:7; a sponge, with vinegar, Matt. 27:48 (some mss. have this verb in John 19:29); a
city, with confusion, Acts 19:29; a wedding, with guests, Matt. 22:10; (2) of persons
(only in Luke’s writings): (a) with the Holy Spirit, Luke 1:15, 41, 67; Acts 2:4; 4:8, 31;
9:17; 13:9; (b) with emotions: wrath, Luke 4:28; fear, 5:26; madness, 6:11; wonder,
amazement, Acts 3:10; jealousy, 5:17,
RV
, for
KJV
, “indignation,” and 13:45 (
KJV
,
“envy”). For its other significance, “to complete,” see
ACCOMPLISH
.
6.
(
# &
, 1705) or
(as in No. 5), “to fill full, to satisfy,” is
used (a) of “filling” the hungry, Luke 1:53; John 6:12; of the abundance of the rich, Luke
6:25; (b) metaphorically, of a company of friends, Rom. 15:24,
RV
, “satisfied,” for
KJV
,
“filled.”¶
7.
(
# &
, 1705v), an alternative form of No. 6, is found in Acts 14:17,
“filling (your hearts),” of God’s provision for mankind.¶
8.
(
$ 1
, 5526), “to fill or satisfy with food,” e.g., Matt. 15:33; Phil.
4:12, is used metaphorically in Matt. 5:6; Luke 6:21. See
FEED
.
v Variant spellings of forms of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a “v”
following the number (for instance,
, a variant of
, is 1790v).