Definition

to complete; by implication, to occupy, supply; figuratively, to accomplish (by coincidence ot obedience)

Etymology

from G303 (ἀνά) and G4137 (πληρόω);

Where the KJV renders it

• fill up
• fulfill
• occupy
• supply

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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