מָלֵא

ma.le · to fill

Hebrew · Strong's H4390 · Verb · Sounds like: maw-lay' · 249 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root; to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively); accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מָלֵא 249 vb. be full, fill
Qal 99
1. be full, usu. c. acc. material
2. trans. fill
Niph.
1. be filled
2. be accomplished, ended
Pi.
1. fill
2. special uses are:
3. fulfil, accomplish, complete, obj. week, year, day
Pu. filled
Hithp. mass themselves against me

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 1:22 וּמִלְא֤וּ u.mil.'U · A command to all of you: simple action

    And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

  2. Genesis 1:28 וּמִלְא֥וּ u.mil.'U · A command to all of you: simple action

    And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  3. Genesis 6:11 וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א va.ti.ma.Le' · An action: receiving the action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

  4. Genesis 6:13 מָלְאָ֥ה mal.'Ah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

  5. Genesis 9:1 וּמִלְא֥וּ u.mil.'U · A command to all of you: simple action

    And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

  6. Genesis 21:19 וַתְּמַלֵּ֤א va.te.ma.Le' · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

  7. Genesis 24:16 וַתְּמַלֵּ֥א va.te.ma.Le' · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

  8. Genesis 25:24 וַיִּמְלְא֥וּ vai.yim.le.'U · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

  9. Genesis 26:15 וַיְמַלְא֖וּם vay.mal.'Um · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

  10. Genesis 29:21 מָלְא֖וּ mal.'U · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

  11. Genesis 29:27 מַלֵּ֖א ma.Le' · A command to you: strong action

    Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

  12. Genesis 29:28 וַיְמַלֵּ֖א vay.ma.Le' · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

  13. Genesis 42:25 וַיְמַלְא֣וּ vay.mal.'U · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way: and thus was it done unto them.

  14. Genesis 44:1 מַלֵּ֞א ma.Le' · A command to you: strong action

    And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.

  15. Genesis 50:3 וַיִּמְלְאוּ־ vai.yim.le.'u- · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

  16. Genesis 50:3 יִמְלְא֖וּ yim.le.'U · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.

  17. Exodus 1:7 וַתִּמָּלֵ֥א va.ti.ma.Le' · An action: receiving the action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

  18. Exodus 2:16 וַתְּמַלֶּ֙אנָה֙ va.te.ma.Le.nah · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by them

    Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

  19. Exodus 7:25 וַיִּמָּלֵ֖א vai.yi.ma.Le' · An action: receiving the action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And seven days were fulfilled, after that Jehovah had smitten the river.

  20. Exodus 8:21 וּמָ֨לְא֜וּ u.Mal.'U · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon they servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

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