מָלֵא
to fill
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘be full’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘fill’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be filled’
- Pual
- The passive counterpart of the Piel. Here: ‘filled’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself).
Form
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms 53 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 25 times (10%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 20 times (8%)
- Verb, Piel, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 18 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular 18 times (7%)
- Verb, Piel, Infinitive Construct 13 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 13 times (5%)
- Verb, Niphal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 10 times (4%)
- Verb, Piel, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 9 times (4%)
+45 more forms (124 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 250 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 1 of 2 — showing verses 1–200 of 242 distinct verses where H4390 appears, across 32 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 15 verses
- Genesis 1:22 וּ/מִלְא֤וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 1:28 וּ/מִלְא֥וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Genesis 6:11 וַ/תִּמָּלֵ֥א conj + Niphal wimpf 3fs The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
- Genesis 6:13 מָלְאָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Genesis 9:1 וּ/מִלְא֥וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 21:19 וַ/תְּמַלֵּ֤א conj + Piel wimpf 3fs God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
- Genesis 24:16 וַ/תְּמַלֵּ֥א conj + Piel wimpf 3fs The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.
- Genesis 25:24 וַ/יִּמְלְא֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
- Genesis 26:15 וַ/יְמַלְא֖וּ/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
- Genesis 29:21 מָלְא֖וּ Qal pf 3cp Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."
- Genesis 29:27 מַלֵּ֖א Piel impv 2ms Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."
- Genesis 29:28 וַ/יְמַלֵּ֖א conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
- Genesis 42:25 וַ/יְמַלְא֣וּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp Then Joseph commanded to fill their bags with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it done to them.
- Genesis 44:1 מַלֵּ֞א Piel impv 2ms 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.
- Genesis 50:3 וַ/יִּמְלְאוּ יִמְלְא֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Qal juss 3mp Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
Exodus 23 verses
- Exodus 1:7 וַ/תִּמָּלֵ֥א conj + Niphal wimpf 3fs The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
- Exodus 2:16 וַ/תְּמַלֶּ֨אנָה֙ conj + Piel wimpf 3fp Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
- Exodus 7:25 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֖א conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
- Exodus 8:21 וּ/מָ֨לְא֜וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
- Exodus 10:6 וּ/מָלְא֨וּ conj + Qal pf 3cp Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.'" He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.
- Exodus 15:9 תִּמְלָאֵ֣/מוֹ Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil. My desire shall be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.'
- Exodus 23:26 אֲמַלֵּֽא Piel impf 1cs No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
- Exodus 28:3 מִלֵּאתִ֖י/ו Piel pf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 28:17 וּ/מִלֵּאתָ֥ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;
- Exodus 28:41 וּ/מִלֵּאתָ֧ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.
- Exodus 29:9 וּ/מִלֵּאתָ֥ conj + Piel wpf 2ms You shall dress them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
- Exodus 29:29 וּ/לְ/מַלֵּא conj + prep + Piel inf.cs "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.
- Exodus 29:33 לְ/מַלֵּ֥א prep + Piel inf.cs They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.
- Exodus 29:35 תְּמַלֵּ֥א Piel impf 2ms "Thus shall you do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days shall you consecrate them.
- Exodus 31:3 וָ/אֲמַלֵּ֥א conj + Piel wimpf 1cs and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
- Exodus 31:5 לְ/מַלֹּ֖את prep + Piel inf.cs and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.
- Exodus 32:29 מִלְא֨וּ Qal impv 2mp Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day."
- Exodus 35:31 וַ/יְמַלֵּ֥א conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
- Exodus 35:33 לְ/מַלֹּ֖את prep + Piel inf.cs in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.
- Exodus 35:35 מִלֵּ֨א Piel pf 3ms He has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.
- Exodus 39:10 וַ/יְמַלְאוּ conj + Piel wimpf 3mp They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;
- Exodus 40:34 מָלֵ֖א Qal pf 3ms Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tent.
- Exodus 40:35 מָלֵ֖א Qal pf 3ms Moses wasn't able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh's glory filled the tent.
Leviticus 8 verses
- Leviticus 8:33 מְלֹ֔את יְמַלֵּ֖א Qal inf.cs Piel impf 3ms You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.
- Leviticus 9:17 וַ/יְמַלֵּ֤א conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
- Leviticus 12:4 מְלֹ֖את Qal inf.cs She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.
- Leviticus 12:6 וּ/בִ/מְלֹ֣את conj + prep + Qal inf.cs "'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering:
- Leviticus 16:32 יְמַלֵּא֙ Piel impf 3ms The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father's place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.
- Leviticus 19:29 וּ/מָלְאָ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
- Leviticus 21:10 וּ/מִלֵּ֣א conj + Piel wpf 3ms "'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his clothes;
- Leviticus 25:30 מְלֹ֣את Qal inf.cs If it isn't redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
Numbers 7 verses
- Numbers 3:3 מִלֵּ֥א Piel pf 3ms These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
- Numbers 6:5 מְלֹ֨את Qal inf.cs "All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
- Numbers 6:13 מְלֹאת֙ Qal inf.cs "This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 14:21 וְ/יִמָּלֵ֥א conj + Niphal impf 3ms but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Yahweh;
- Numbers 14:24 וַ/יְמַלֵּ֖א conj + Piel wimpf 3ms but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.
- Numbers 32:11 מִלְא֖וּ Piel pf 3cp Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
- Numbers 32:12 מִלְא֖וּ Piel pf 3cp save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:36 מִלֵּ֖א Piel pf 3ms save Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he has trodden on, and to his children, because he has wholly followed Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 6:11 מִלֵּאתָ֒ Piel pf 2ms and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn't plant, and you shall eat and be full;
Joshua 5 verses
- Joshua 3:15 מָלֵא֙ Qal pf 3ms and when those who bore the ark were come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
- Joshua 9:13 מִלֵּ֣אנוּ Piel pf 1cp and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are torn: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
- Joshua 14:8 מִלֵּ֔אתִי Piel pf 1cs Nevertheless my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; but I wholly followed Yahweh my God.
- Joshua 14:9 מִלֵּ֔אתָ Piel pf 2ms Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon your foot has trodden shall be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have wholly followed Yahweh my God.
- Joshua 14:14 מִלֵּ֔א Piel pf 3ms Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day; because that he wholly followed Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Judges 3 verses
- Judges 16:27 מָלֵ֤א Qal pf 3ms Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson made sport.
- Judges 17:5 וַ/יְמַלֵּ֗א conj + Piel wimpf 3ms The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
- Judges 17:12 וַ/יְמַלֵּ֤א conj + Piel wimpf 3ms Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 16:1 מַלֵּ֨א Piel impv 2ms Yahweh said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go: I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.
- 1 Samuel 18:26 מָלְא֖וּ Qal pf 3cp When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;
- 1 Samuel 18:27 וַ/יְמַלְא֣וּ/ם conj + Piel wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 7:12 יִמְלְא֣וּ Qal impf 3mp When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 2 Samuel 23:7 יִמָּלֵ֥א Niphal impf 3ms But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear: They shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place
1 Kings 12 verses
- 1 Kings 1:14 וּ/מִלֵּאתִ֖י conj + Piel wpf 1cs Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words.
- 1 Kings 2:27 לְ/מַלֵּא֙ prep + Piel inf.cs So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to Yahweh, that he might fulfill the word of Yahweh, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
- 1 Kings 7:14 וַ֠/יִּמָּלֵא conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
- 1 Kings 8:10 מָלֵ֖א Qal pf 3ms It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
- 1 Kings 8:11 מָלֵ֥א Qal pf 3ms so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 8:15 מִלֵּ֖א Piel pf 3ms He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
- 1 Kings 8:24 מִלֵּ֖אתָ Piel pf 2ms who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 11:6 מִלֵּ֛א Piel pf 3ms Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and didn't go fully after Yahweh, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 13:33 יְמַלֵּ֣א Piel impf 3ms After this thing Jeroboam didn't return from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
- 1 Kings 18:33 מִלְא֨וּ Qal impv 2mp He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood.
- 1 Kings 18:35 מִלֵּא Piel pf 3ms The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
- 1 Kings 20:27 מִלְא֥וּ Piel pf 3cp The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
2 Kings 10 verses
- 2 Kings 3:17 יִמָּ֣לֵא Niphal impf 3ms For thus says Yahweh, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.
- 2 Kings 3:20 וַ/תִּמָּלֵ֥א conj + Niphal wimpf 3fs It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
- 2 Kings 3:25 וּ/מִלְא֗וּ/הָ conj + Piel wpf 3cp + sfx pers 3fs They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth [only] they left the stones of it; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.
- 2 Kings 4:6 כִּ/מְלֹ֣את prep + Qal inf.cs It happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. He said to her, There isn't another vessel. The oil stayed.
- 2 Kings 6:17 מָלֵ֨א Qal ptcp.act ms Elisha prayed, and said, Yahweh, Please open his eyes, that he may see. Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
- 2 Kings 9:24 מִלֵּ֧א Piel pf 3ms Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
- 2 Kings 10:21 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֥א conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that didn't come. They came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.
- 2 Kings 21:16 מִלֵּ֥א Piel pf 3ms Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:14 וַ/יְמַלֵּ֥א conj + Piel wimpf 3ms He broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.
- 2 Kings 24:4 וַ/יְמַלֵּ֥א conj + Piel wimpf 3ms and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.
1 Chronicles 3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 12:15 מְמַלֵּ֖א Piel ptcp.act ms These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
- 1 Chronicles 17:11 מָלְא֤וּ Qal pf 3cp It shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Chronicles 29:5 לְ/מַלֹּ֥אות prep + Piel inf.cs of gold for the [things of] gold, and of silver for the [things of] silver, and for all manner of work [to be made] by the hands of artificers. Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to Yahweh?
2 Chronicles 10 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 מָלֵ֥א Qal pf 3ms it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, [saying], For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
- 2 Chronicles 5:14 מָלֵ֥א Qal pf 3ms so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 6:4 מִלֵּ֖א Piel pf 3ms He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 6:15 מִלֵּ֖אתָ Piel pf 2ms who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
- 2 Chronicles 7:1 מָלֵ֥א Qal pf 3ms Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
- 2 Chronicles 7:2 מָלֵ֥א Qal pf 3ms The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.
- 2 Chronicles 13:9 לְ/מַלֵּ֨א prep + Piel inf.cs Haven't you driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner of the peoples of [other] lands? so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of [those who are] no gods.
- 2 Chronicles 16:14 מִלֵּא֙ Piel pf 3ms They buried him in his own tombs, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' are: and they made a very great burning for him.
- 2 Chronicles 29:31 מִלֵּאתֶ֤ם Piel pf 2mp Then Hezekiah answered, Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Yahweh. The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart [brought] burnt offerings.
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 לְ/מַלֹּ֤אות לְ/מַלֹּ֖אות prep + Piel inf.cs prep + Piel inf.cs to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths: [for] as long as it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
Ezra 1 verse
Esther 5 verses
- Esther 1:5 וּ/בִ/מְל֣וֹאת conj + prep + Qal inf.cs When these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast to all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
- Esther 2:12 יִמְלְא֖וּ Qal impf 3mp Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her as prescribed for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),
- Esther 3:5 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֥א conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't bow down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
- Esther 5:9 וַ/יִּמָּלֵ֥א conj + Niphal wimpf 3ms Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
- Esther 7:5 מְלָא֥/וֹ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dared presume in his heart to do so?
Job 17 verses
- Job 3:15 הַֽ/מְמַלְאִ֖ים ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act mp Or with princes who had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
- Job 8:21 יְמַלֵּ֣ה Piel impf 3ms He will still fill your mouth with laughter, Your lips with shouting.
- Job 15:2 וִֽ/ימַלֵּ֖א conj + Piel impf 3ms "Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
- Job 15:32 תִּמָּלֵ֑א Niphal impf 3fs It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.
- Job 16:10 יִתְמַלָּאֽוּ/ן Hithpael impf 3mp + sfx n They have gaped on me with their mouth; They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
- Job 20:11 מָלְא֣וּ Qal pf 3cp His bones are full of his youth, But youth shall lie down with him in the dust.
- Job 20:22 בִּ/מְלֹ֣אות prep + Qal inf.cs In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him: The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
- Job 20:23 לְ/מַלֵּ֬א prep + Piel inf.cs When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
- Job 21:24 מָלְא֣וּ Qal pf 3cp His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.
- Job 22:18 מִלֵּ֣א Piel pf 3ms Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- Job 23:4 אֲמַלֵּ֥א Piel impf 1cs I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 32:18 מָלֵ֣תִי Qal pf 1cs For I am full of words. The spirit within me constrains me.
- Job 36:16 מָ֣לֵא Qal pf 3ms Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
- Job 36:17 מָלֵ֑אתָ Qal pf 2ms "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
- Job 38:39 תְּמַלֵּֽא Piel impf 2ms "Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
- Job 39:2 תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָה Piel impf 3fp Can you number the months that they fulfill? Or do you know the time when they give birth?
- Job 41:7 הַֽ/תְמַלֵּ֣א ptcl inter + Piel impf 2ms Can you fill his skin with barbed irons, Or his head with fish-spears?
Psalms 22 verses
- Psalms 10:7 מָ֭לֵא Qal pf 3ms His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
- Psalms 17:14 תְּמַלֵּ֪א Piel impf 2ms From men by your hand, Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, And they store up wealth for their children.
- Psalms 20:4 יְמַלֵּֽא Piel impf 3ms May He grant you your heart's desire, And fulfill all your counsel.
- Psalms 20:5 יְמַלֵּ֥א Piel impf 3ms We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God we will set up our banners: May Yahweh grant all your requests.
- Psalms 26:10 מָ֣לְאָה Qal pf 3fs In whose hands is wickedness, Their right hand is full of bribes.
- Psalms 33:5 מָלְאָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.
- Psalms 38:7 מָלְא֣וּ Qal pf 3cp For my loins are filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
- Psalms 48:10 מָלְאָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs As is your name, God, So is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- Psalms 65:9 מָ֣לֵא Qal pf 3ms You visit the earth, and water it. You greatly enrich it. The river of God is full of water. You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
- Psalms 71:8 יִמָּ֣לֵא Niphal impf 3ms My mouth shall be filled with your praise, With your honor all the day.
- Psalms 72:19 וְ/יִמָּלֵ֣א conj + Niphal impf 3ms Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
- Psalms 74:20 מָלְא֥וּ Qal pf 3cp Honor your covenant, For haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
- Psalms 80:9 וַ/תְּמַלֵּא conj + Piel wimpf 3fs You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
- Psalms 81:10 וַ/אֲמַלְאֵֽ/הוּ conj + Piel impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms I am Yahweh, your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
- Psalms 83:16 מַלֵּ֣א Piel impv 2ms Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek your name, Yahweh.
- Psalms 104:24 מָלְאָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
- Psalms 107:9 מִלֵּא Piel pf 3ms For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
- Psalms 110:6 מָלֵ֣א Qal pf 3ms He will judge among the nations. He will heap up dead bodies. He will crush the ruler of the whole earth.
- Psalms 119:64 מָלְאָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 126:2 יִמָּלֵ֪א Niphal impf 3ms Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great things for them."
- Psalms 127:5 מִלֵּ֥א Piel pf 3ms Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won't be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
- Psalms 129:7 מִלֵּ֖א Piel pf 3ms With which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
Proverbs 7 verses
- Proverbs 1:13 נְמַלֵּ֖א Piel impf 1cp We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil.
- Proverbs 3:10 וְ/יִמָּלְא֣וּ conj + Niphal impf 3mp So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.
- Proverbs 6:30 לְ/מַלֵּ֥א prep + Piel inf.cs Men don't despise a thief, If he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
- Proverbs 8:21 אֲמַלֵּֽא Piel impf 1cs That I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
- Proverbs 12:21 מָ֣לְאוּ Qal pf 3cp No mischief shall happen to the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil.
- Proverbs 20:17 יִמָּֽלֵא Niphal impf 3ms Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, But afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
- Proverbs 24:4 יִמָּלְא֑וּ Niphal impf 3mp By knowledge the rooms are filled With all rare and beautiful treasure.
Ecclesiastes 5 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 תִמָּלֵ֥א Niphal impf 3fs All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
- Ecclesiastes 6:7 תִמָּלֵֽא Niphal impf 3fs All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11 מָלֵ֞א Qal pf 3ms Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3 מָלֵא Qal pf 3ms This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3 יִמָּלְא֨וּ Niphal impf 3mp If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; And if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, In the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
Song of Solomon 2 verses
- Song of Solomon 5:2 נִמְלָא Niphal ptcp.pass ms I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My hair with the dampness of the night.
- Song of Solomon 5:14 מְמֻלָּאִ֖ים Pual ptcp.pass mp His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
Isaiah 21 verses
- Isaiah 1:15 מָלֵֽאוּ Qal pf 3cp When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
- Isaiah 2:6 מָלְאוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled from the east, With those who practice divination like the Philistines, And they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.
- Isaiah 2:7 וַ/תִּמָּלֵ֤א וַ/תִּמָּלֵ֤א conj + Niphal wimpf 3fs conj + Niphal wimpf 3fs Their land is full of silver and gold, Neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, Neither is there any end of their chariots.
- Isaiah 2:8 וַ/תִּמָּלֵ֥א conj + Niphal wimpf 3fs Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made.
- Isaiah 6:1 מְלֵאִ֥ים Qal ptcp.act mp In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
- Isaiah 6:4 יִמָּלֵ֥א Niphal impf 3ms The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
- Isaiah 11:9 מָלְאָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isaiah 13:21 וּ/מָלְא֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp But wild animals of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and ostriches shall dwell there, and wild goats shall dance there.
- Isaiah 14:21 וּ/מָלְא֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up, and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.
- Isaiah 15:9 מָ֣לְאוּ Qal pf 3cp For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; for I will bring yet more on Dimon, a lion on them of Moab that escape, and on the remnant of the land.
- Isaiah 21:3 מָלְא֤וּ Qal pf 3cp Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I can't hear; I am dismayed so that I can't see.
- Isaiah 22:7 מָ֣לְאוּ Qal pf 3cp It happened that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen set themselves in array at the gate.
- Isaiah 23:2 מִלְאֽוּ/ךְ Piel pf 3cp + sfx pers 2fs Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you whom the merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
- Isaiah 27:6 וּ/מָלְא֥וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the surface of the world with fruit.
- Isaiah 28:8 מָלְא֖וּ Qal pf 3cp For all tables are full of vomit [and] filthiness, [so that there is] no place [clean].
- Isaiah 30:27 מָ֣לְאוּ Qal pf 3cp Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;
- Isaiah 33:5 מִלֵּ֣א Piel pf 3ms Yahweh is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
- Isaiah 34:6 מָלְאָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs The sword of Yahweh is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Isaiah 40:2 מָֽלְאָה֙ Qal pf 3fs Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh's hand double for all her sins.
- Isaiah 65:11 וְ/הַֽ/מְמַלְאִ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + Piel ptcp.act mp But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
- Isaiah 65:20 יְמַלֵּ֖א Piel impf 3ms There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
Jeremiah 21 verses
- Jeremiah 4:5 מַלְאוּ֙ Piel impv 2mp Declare you in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow you the trumpet in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.
- Jeremiah 6:11 מְלֵ֥א adj Adjective ms cs Therefore I am full of the wrath of Yahweh; I am weary with holding in: pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.
- Jeremiah 13:12 יִמָּ֣לֵא יִמָּ֥לֵא Niphal impf 3ms Niphal impf 3ms Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
- Jeremiah 13:13 מְמַלֵּ֣א Piel ptcp.act ms Then shall you tell them, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
- Jeremiah 15:17 מִלֵּאתָֽ/נִי Piel pf 2ms + sfx pers 1cs I didn't sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.
- Jeremiah 16:18 מָלְא֖וּ Qal pf 3cp First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.
- Jeremiah 19:4 וּ/מָֽלְא֛וּ conj + Qal pf 3cp Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they didn't know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
- Jeremiah 23:10 מָלְאָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right;
- Jeremiah 23:24 מָלֵ֖א Qal ptcp.act ms Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says Yahweh. Don't I fill heaven and earth? says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 25:12 כִ/מְלֹ֣אות prep + Qal inf.cs It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says Yahweh, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.
- Jeremiah 25:34 מָלְא֥וּ Qal pf 3cp Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow [in ashes], you principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and you shall fall like a goodly vessel.
- Jeremiah 29:10 מְלֹ֧את Qal inf.cs For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
- Jeremiah 31:25 מִלֵּֽאתִי Piel pf 1cs For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.
- Jeremiah 33:5 וּ/לְ/מַלְאָ/ם֙ conj + prep + Piel inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:
- Jeremiah 41:9 מִלֵּ֛א Piel pf 3ms Now the pit in which Ishmael cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had killed, by the side of Gedaliah (the same was who which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel), Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were killed.
- Jeremiah 44:25 מִלֵּאתֶ֣ם Piel pf 2mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying, You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink-offerings to her: establish then your vows, and perform your vows.
- Jeremiah 46:12 מָלְאָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, they are fallen both of them together.
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The Hebrew verb מלא centers on the idea of “to fill.” The verb spans 5 stems, from Qal to Niphal. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 242 verses — common. First canonically at Genesis 1:22, it enters the text early. Related forms include מלא, מלא and מלא. Dig into 242-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4390 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 242
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 242 distinct verses.
- 32 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 32 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #193
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 193 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 242 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 242 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 112 verses · 46%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 75 verses · 31%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 55 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Filled 21×, Fill 18×, Is full 16×
- American Standard Version†: Filled 24×, Fill 18×, Is full 15×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Filled 20×, Fill 19×, Is full of 12×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Fill 25×, Filled 24×, And 16×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4390 across 248† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 85 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4390 across 245† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 95 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4390 across 242† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 93 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4390 across 286† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 79 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
15 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel) and Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 15 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
מלא I be full, fill (NH id. (Pi. trans.)
Qal
- Pf. מ׳ Ex 40:34 +; sf. מְלָאוֹ Est 7:5; מָלֵאתָ Jb 36:17; מָלֵאתִי Mi 3:8 Je 6:11; מָלֵ֫תִי Jb 32:18; מָֽלְאוּ Gn 29:21 +; מָלוּ Ez 28:16 (מָלֵאתָ 𝔊 𝔖 Co); מָלֵ֑אוּ Is 1:15, etc.; Impf. 3 fs. sf. תִּמְלָאֵ֣מוֹ Ex 15:9; יִמְלְאוּ Gn 50:3 + 2 times; וַיִּמְלְאוּ Gn 25:24; 50:3; Imv. מִלְאוּ Gn 1:22 + 5 times; Inf. cstr. מְלאֹת (מְלֹאות) Lv 8:33 + 12 times; Pt. מָלֵא Je 23:24; מְלֵאִים Is 6:1; (cf. also sub מָלֵא adj.);— e.g. Exodus 40:34
- 1. be full, usually c. acc. material:
- a. lit. subj. houses Ex 8:17; 10:6 (both J) Ju 16:27 Is 13:21 2 Ch 5:13, cf. Ez 10:4 (del. Co); winepress Jo 4:13; threshing-floor Jo 2:24; vessel 2 K 4:6 Jb 21:24, etc.; Jb 20:22 מְלֹאות (cf. מְלֹא), i.e. fulness, abundance. e.g. Exodus 8:17
- b. fig., earth full of violence Gn 6:13, cf. Lv 19:29 (both P), Mi 6:12 Is 1:15 Je 23:10; 51:5 ψ 26:10 Ez 7:23(×2) Ec 9:3, etc.; earth full of glory, mercy, goodness, knowledge, of י׳ ψ 33:5; 119:64 Is 11:9 Hb 3:3; cf. also ψ 48:11; 104:24, etc.; subj. נֶפֶשׁ = desire be satisfied (full) c. sf. Ex 15:9; וְדִין רָשָׁע מ׳ Jb 36:17 and of judgment on the wicked art thou full (hast thou thy fill), cf. Di Du; מָלֵא לֵב לַעֲשׂוֹת רָ֑ע Ec 8:11; especially of days, years, be full, accomplished, ended, Gn 25:24; 29:21; 50:3(×2) (JE); Lv 8:33; 12:4, 6; 25:30 Nu 6:5, 13 (P); 1 S 18:26 2 S 7:12; Je 25:12; 29:10 La 4:18 Ez 5:2 1 Ch 17:11 Est 1:5; 2:12 Dn 10:3; cf. also with other subj. (lit.) Je 25:34 Is 40:2. e.g. Genesis 6:13
- 2. trans. fill, of populating sea and earth Gn 1:22, 28; 9:1 (all P); consecrate מִלְאוּ יֶדְכֶם ליהוה; (lit. fill the hand) Ex 32:29 (cf. infr.); especially of glory of י׳ filling tabern. and temple; Ex 40:34, 35 (P) 1 K 8:10, 11, cf. Is 6:1; v. also Je 23:24, especially lit. Ez 10:3; 43:5; 44:4 2 Ch 5:14; 7:1, 2; sq. 2 acc. fill jars (with) water 1 K 18:34; abs. overflow מ׳ עַל־כָּל־גְּדוֹתָיו Jos 3:15 (cf. 1 Ch 12:16 Pi.); fig. fill land with sin Je 16:18, cf. 19:4 Ez 8:17; 28:16, cf. 30:11; מְלָאוֹ לִבּוֹ לֵעֲשׂוֹת־כֵּן Est 7:5 (cf. Ec 8:11 supr.); מִלְאוּ הַשְּׁלָטִים Je 51:11 meaning obscure, v. [שֶׁלֶט]; Gie proposes מִדְטוּ הַשּׁ׳ polish. e.g. Genesis 1:22
Niphal
- Pf. נִמְלָא־ Ct 5:2; Impf. יִמָּלֵא 2 S 23:7 + 9 times; וַיִּמָּלֵא Ex 7:25 + 5 times; יִמָּֽלְא֫וּ Pr 3:10 + 2 times; יִמָּֽלֵא֑וּ Pr 24:4; יִמָּֽלְאוּן Ez 32:6;— e.g. Song of Solomon 5:2
- 1. be filled, usually c. acc. mat. (c. מִן of source Ec 1:8, cf. Ez 32:6; c. לְ Hb 2:14); land, with people Ex 1:7; cf. 2 K 3:17, 20 Is 2:7(×2), 8; house with smoke Is 6:4, cf. Ez 10:4; v. also Pr 3:10; 24:4 Je 13:12(×2) Zc 8:5 Ct 5:2 Ec 11:3 2 K 10:21 Ez 32:6; = be armed 2 S 23:7 (lit. be filled or full himself, i.e. his hand, with weapon, cf. Pi. 2); be satisfied, subj. נֶפֶשׁ = appetite Ec 6:7; subj. אֹזֶן Ec 1:8; fig. earth filled with violence (cf. Qal) Gn 6:11, cf. Ez 9:9; 23:33; with glory and knowledge of י׳ Nu 14:21 Hb 2:14 ψ 72:19; v. also 1 K 7:14 ψ 71:8; 126:2 Est 3:5; 5:9 Pr 20:17; abs. Ez 26:2 (but Co sub מָלֵא adj., so 𝔊 𝔗) 27:25. e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:8
- 2. be accomplished, ended, subj. days Ex 7:25; of an exchange, requital, Jb 15:32. e.g. Exodus 7:25
Piel
- Pf. מִלֵּא Ex 35:35 +; מִלָּא Je 51:34; מִלֵּאתָ Dt 6:11 +; מִלְאוּ Nu 32:11 +, etc.; Impf. יְמַלֵּא Lv 8:33 +; יְמַלֵּה Jb 8:21; וַיְמַלְאוּ Gn 42:25 Ex 39:10; יְמַלֵּ֑אוּ Ez 7:19, etc.; Imv. מַלֵּא Gn 29:27 + 5 times; מַלְאוּ Je 4:5 Ez 9:7; Inf. cstr. מַלֵּא Ex 29:29 + 5 times; מַלְּאוֹת (-אֹת) Ex 31:5 + 5 times; sf. מַלְּאָם Je 33:5; Pt. מְמַלֵּא Je 13:13 1 Ch 12:15; pl. מְמַלְאִים Is 65:11 + 2 times;— e.g. Exodus 35:35
- 1. fill (often c. 2 acc.; lit., c. בְּ 2 K 9:24 Ezr 9:11 Jb 40:31; c. מִן Je 51:34 ψ 127:5): Gn 21:19; 24:16; 26:15; 42:25; 44:1 Ex 2:16 Dt 6:11 Jos 9:13 1 K 18:35; 20:27 2 K 3:25; 23:14 Is 23:2 Jb 3:15; 22:18 Je 41:9 Ez 3:3; 7:19; 9:7; 10:2; 24:4 Na 2:13 Hg 2:7 ψ 129:7 2 Ch 16:14, etc. (indef. subj.); fill (cup) with drink for libation Is 65:11; fig. fill with spirit Ex 28:3; 31:3; 35:31 cf. v 35, ψ 107:9 Is 33:5 Je 15:17; fill (with blood) 2 K 21:16; with abominations Ezr 9:11 (c. בְּ). e.g. 2 Kings 9:24
- 2. special uses are: satisfy appetite Jb 38:39 ψ 17:14 Pr 6:30 Jb 20:23 Je 51:14 (fig.); take a handful of מ׳ כַּפּוֹ מִן Lv 9:17; grasp מ׳ יָדוֹ בְּ 2 K 9:24, cf. (of laying arrow on bow) fig. מ׳ קֶשֶׁת … אֶפְרַיִם Zc 9:13; overflow מְמַלֵּא עַל־כָּל־גְּד֯יֹתָיו 1 Ch 12:16 (cf. Jos 3:15 Qal); give in full וַיְמַלְאוּם לַמֶּלֶךְ 1 S 18:27 (read וַיְמַלְּאֵם A 𝔊L 𝔙 We Dr Kit Bu); מִלֵּא יַד פּ׳ fig. for institute to a priestly office, consecrate Ex 28:41; 29:9, 29, 33, 35; 32:29 Lv 8:33; 16:32; 21:10 Nu 3:3 Ju 17:5, 12 1 K 13:33 Ez 43:26 (altar), 1 Ch 29:5; 2 Ch 13:9; 29:31 (cf. Assyrian qāta … mullû, confer upon, DlHWB 409); מ׳ אַהֲרֵי wholly follow י׳ Nu 14:24; 32:11, 12 Dt 1:36 Jos 14:8, 9, 14 1 K 11:6; fill in, i.e. set precious stones Ex 28:17 (מ׳ בּוֹ מִלֻּאַת אֶבֶן) cf. 31:5; 35:33; 39:10 (all P); etc. e.g. Job 38:39
- 3. fulfil, accomplish, complete, obj. week, year, day, Gn 29:27, 28 Ex 23:26 Is 65:20 Jb 39:2 2 Ch 36:21 Dn 9:2; obj. word, promise, etc.; subj. י׳ 1 K 8:15, 24 2 Ch 6:4, 15 ψ 20:5, 6; subj. men 1 K 2:27 Je 44:25 2 Ch 36:21. e.g. Genesis 29:27
- 4. confirm words 1 K 1:14. e.g. 1 Kings 1:14
Pual
- Pt. filled, i.e. set with jewels מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ Ct 5:14. e.g. Song of Solomon 5:14
Hithpael
- Impf. עָלַי יִתְמַלָּא֑וּן Jb 16:10, mass themselves against me; perhaps denom. from מְלֹא 2. e.g. Job 16:10
מלא II full
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. be full, fill (NH id. (Pi. trans.); Zinj. מלא (Pi. trans.) DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian malû (trans. and intrans.) DlHWB 409; Arabic مَلَأَ (trans.) مَلُؤَ, مَلِىَٔ (intrans.); Ethiopic መልአ: (trans. and intrans.); Aramaic ܡܠܴܐ (trans.), מְלָא (intrans. and trans.), Palm. n.pr. מלא = plenitude, VogPalm. 7, 2 al.; Sab. מלא Os 14 Levy-OsZMG xix. 1865, 211 f. DHMZMG xxix, 1875, 595);—
II. adj. full;—מ׳ Gn 23:9 + 15 times; cstr. מְלֵא Je 6:11; f. מְלֵאָה Nu 7:14 + 20 times; cstr. מְלֵאֲתִי Is 1:21 cf. Ges§ 90, 3 a.; pl. מְלֵאִים Nu 7:13 + 18 times; f. מְלֵאוֹת (-אֹת) Gn 41:7 + 4 times;—full, abs. of ears of corn Gn 41:7, 22; of value, price, Gn 23:9 1 Ch 21:22, 24; of wind (= strong) Je 4:12 sq. acc. mat., bowls of fine flour (סֹלָת) Nu 7:13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79; spoons of incense Nu 7:14, 20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56, 62, 68, 74, 80, 86; bowls of wine Je 35:5, cf. fig. ψ 75:9; houses, of contents Dt 6:11 Ne 9:25 cf. Pr 17:1; cage, of birds Je 5:27 (in sim., v. infr.); cart, of sheaves Am 2:13 (in sim.) 1 Ch 11:13 2 K 7:15; Ez 1:18; 10:12; 17:3; 36:38; 37:1; as pred., of storehouses ψ 144;13; cf. fig. of Naomi Ru 1:21; of sea Ec 1:7; with art., of full vessel 2 K 4:4; מְלֵאָה pregnant woman Ec 11:5; fig. full of blessing Dt 33:23; wisdom 34:9; justice Is 1:21; commotion 22:2; fury 51:20; lies, etc. Na 3:1; wisdom Ez 28:12 (del. A BCo); only twice in cstr. before that with which a thing is filled Is 1:21 מ׳ מִשְׁפָּט; Je 6:11 מְלֵא יָמִים (as subst.); as subst. in genit. (Ges§ 128 n) ψ 73:10 מֵי מָלֵא; as adv. = fully Na 1:10 Je 12:6 (loudly, cf. 4:5).
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מִלָּא
- , v. מִלְּתָא a. מִלָּה.
מָלֵא I
- (b. h.) to be full, v. מָלֵא II.—Tosef. Dem. V, 24 היאך מְלָאֲךָ ליבך how could thy heart be so full of thyself, i.e. how daredst thou?
- to fill, to draw (water). Erub. VIII, 6 אין מְמַלְּאִין וכ׳ (Y. ed. מְמַלִּין) you must not draw water out of it on the Sabbath. B. Bath. 162ᵇ מִילְּאֵהוּ בקרובים if he filled the vacant space on the document with the signatures of relatives; Gitt. 87ᵇ. Hor. 11ᵇ ממלא מקום אבותיו הוה he was filling his ancestors’ place, was a direct successor; a. fr.
- to be filled. Ber. 3ᵇ; 59ᵃ אין הבור מִתְמַלֵּא וכ׳, v. חוּלְיָא I. Y. Succ. III, end, 54ᵃ עד שיִתְמַלֵּא זקנו until he has a full beard. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵈ bot. הִתְמַלְּאִי דינרי זהב be full of gold denars; והיתה מתְמַלְּאָה and it became filled with &c. Gen. R. s. 33 הִתְסַלְּאוּ רחמים אלו על אלו be merciful to one another. Ib. ראיתי … והִתְמַלֵּאתִי עליה רחמים I saw her in distress and was filled with pity for her; a. fr.
מְלָא
- v. מְלֵי
מָלֵא II
- (b. h.) full. Ab. IV, 20 יש … מ׳ ישן many a new vessel is full of old wine (many a young man is full of wisdom). Meg. 6ᵃ (ref. to Ez. XXVI, 2) אם מ׳ זו חרבה זו when one (of the two cities, Jerusalem and Caesarea) is full, the other is waste; a. fr.—Esp. a full month, of thirty days. Bekh. 58ᵃ זימנין מ׳ וכ׳ at times (in some years) it is full, at times defective, v. חָסֵר; a. fr.—Pl. מְלֵאִים, מְלֵאִין, מְלֵי׳; f. מְלֵאוֹת, מְלֵי׳. Ber. 57ᵃ; Erub. 19ᵃ, a. e. מ׳ מצות כרמון are full of good deeds as a pomegranate (is full of seeds); a. fr.—[מְלֵאָה as a noun, v. מְלֵיאָה.] e.g. Ezekiel 26:2
מְלֹא
- ch., v. מְלוֹא
מְלוֹא
- fulness, contents. Mikv. III, 1, sq. עד שיצא ממנו מְלוֹאוֹ ועוד until a quantity equal to its original contents and something besides have run off. Y. Succ. I, 51ᵈ top אכסדרה שנפרצה במְלוֹאָהּ וכ׳ an exedra which is (on one side) entirely open towards the public road. Ib. bot. כמְלוֹאוֹ של דלי as far as the bucket is let down into the water (for filling it). Ḥull. II, 3 אם יש בסכין מְלֹא צואר if the slaughtering knife has the length of the width of the neck. Kidd. 33ᵃ מ׳ עיניו as far as his eye can reach. Sabb. 30ᵃ, a. e. כמ׳ נימא as much as a hair’s breadth. Sifré Num. 160 (expl. אבן יד, Num. XXXV, 17) מ׳ יד as large as the grasp of the hand; a. fr.—[Tosef. Ohol. XVII, 3 מ׳ טימיא, v. לָטוֹמְיָא.] e.g. Numbers 35:17
מְלוֹא ²
- Targ. Y. Num. XXXV, 17. Targ. O. Deut. XXXIII, 16 (Y. ומַלְיָהּ, v. מַלְיָא II); a. e.—Ab. Zar. 29ᵃ מ׳ חמש אצבעתיה as much as one can pinch with five fingers; מ׳ אצבעיה … ומ׳ וכ׳ as much as one can pinch with thumb and little finger; a. e.
מְלֵי
- 1. to be full. Targ. Josh. III, 15; a. fr.; v. next art. Ab. Zar. 28ᵃ דלא מָלוּ תִילתא, v. תִּילְתָּא; a. e.
- 2. to fill. Targ. Gen. I, 22. Targ. Deut. VI, 11 (O. ed. Vienna מַלֵּ׳ Pa.); a. fr.—Part. מָלֵי; f. מַלְּיָא; pl. מָלָן; מַלְיָאתָא, מַלְיָיתָא. Ib. O. XXIX, 10. Targ. Josh. IX, 21 (ed. Wil. מְלָן). Targ. Gen. XXIV, 11; a. fr.
- 1. to fill. Targ. Jer. XIII, 13; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 21 מַלּוֹי קולתיך fill thy vessel; Pesik. Aḥăré, p. 176ᵇ; Yalk. Lev. 571 מלתי (read: מַלְּאִי); Keth. 62ᵇ מַלִּי. Ab. Zar. 29ᵃ ומַלְּיֵיה מיא and fill it with water. Taan. 29ᵃ; Shebu. 10ᵃ; Pes. 77ᵃ תמוז … מַלּוּיֵי מַלְּיוּהָ they made the Tammuz of that year a full month (of thirty days); a. e.
- 2. to complement, compensate, replace. Targ. O. Gen. II, 21 ומַלִי ed. Berl. (ed. Amst. ומְ׳, corr. acc.).—B. Mets. 105ᵃ טרח ומַלְּיֵיה he took pains to make up for the loss. Ib. טרחת ומַלְּיָיתֵיה וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. למַלָּיוּתֵיה) thou didst take pains to make up &c.; a. e.—[
- 3. מ׳ על לבא to comfort. Targ. O. Gen. XXXIV, 3 ed. Berl. (v. Berl. Mass., p. 27); v., however, Kidd. 50ᵃ, quot. s. v. מְלַל II.]
- to be filled, full. Targ. Gen. VI, 13. Targ. Ex. XL, 34 א׳ ית וכ׳ (filled); a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 178 distinct written forms H4390 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 118 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4390, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- מלא mᵉlâʼ H4391 to fill
- מלא mâlêʼ H4392 full
- מלא mᵉlôʼ H4393 fulness
- מלא milluʼ H4394 installation
- מלאת millêʼth H4402 fulness
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 231 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 242 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:22
- Exodus 1:7
- Leviticus 8:33
- Numbers 3:3
- Deuteronomy 1:36
- Joshua 3:15
- Judges 16:27
- 1 Samuel 16:1
- 2 Samuel 7:12
- 1 Kings 1:14
- 2 Kings 3:17
- 1 Chronicles 12:15
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
