Definition

fulness (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

rarely מְלוֹא; or מְלוֹ; (Ezekiel [41:8), from H4390 (מָלֵא);

Where the KJV renders it

• all along
• all that is (there-) in
• fill
• ( that whereof...was) full
• fulness
• (hand-) full
• multitude

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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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