Hebrew adjective · H4392
מָלֵא
malemaw-lay'
full
64 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâlêʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4392is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 39Old Testament books
- 32spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4392
full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully
The King James renders it: [idiom] she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
male is rendered "full". It stands 64 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.
- Twenty-five of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 23:9to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-two different ways.
The first use
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
Genesis 23:9מָלֵ֜א
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- full54
- full of3
- and the full2
- the full2
- and full1
- he was full1
- which full1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מָלֵא | male | to fill | Uses249 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 64, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
32 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מְלֵאָ֥ה13
- מְלֵאִ֗ים12
- מָלֵא֙3
- מָלֵ֑א3
- מְלֵאָ֣ה3
- מָלֵ֥א2
- מְלֵאִ֣ים2
- מְלֵאֹ֥ת2
- הַֽמְלֵאָ֥ה1
- הַמְּלֵאָ֑ה1
- הַֽמְלֵאִ֥ים1
- וְהַמָּלֵ֖א1
and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine plural17HAampa
- adjective · feminine singular16HAafsa
- adjective · masculine singular13HAamsa
- adjective · feminine plural3HAafpa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular3HVqrfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular2HTd/Aafsa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- adjective · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HAafpc
- adjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HAafsc
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HAamsc
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1HC/Aamsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine plural1HC/Td/Aafpa
Genesis
three uses
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”
- מָלֵ֜אmale'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.
- וְהַמְּלֵא֑וֹתvehameleotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluraltagged: and the full
In my dream I also saw seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, growing on a single stalk.
- מְלֵאֹ֥תmeleotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: full
Numbers
twenty-five uses
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- מְלֵאִ֗יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty shekels.
- מְלֵאֹ֣תmeleotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: full
Deuteronomy
three uses
with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
- מְלֵאִ֣יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”
- וּמָלֵ֖אumale'conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and full
Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites obeyed him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- מָלֵא֙male'adjective · masculine singulartagged: he was full
Ruth
one use
I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
- מְלֵאָ֣הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
2 Samuel
one use
And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
- מְלֵאָ֣הmeleahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: full
2 Kings
two uses
Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
- וְהַמָּלֵ֖אvehamale'conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and the full
And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
- מְלֵאָ֤הmeleahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: full
1 Chronicles
three uses
He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At the place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
- מְלֵאָ֣הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
- מָלֵא֙male'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
- מָלֵ֑אmale'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
Nehemiah
one use
They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
- מְלֵֽאִים־meleim-adjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
Psalms
three uses
So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.
- מָ֝לֵ֗אmale'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
- מָ֥לֵאmale'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
- מְלֵאִים֮meleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
Proverbs
one use
Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
- מָלֵ֥אmale'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
Ecclesiastes
three uses
All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
- מָלֵ֑אmale'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- מָלֵא־male'-verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: full
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
- הַמְּלֵאָ֑הhameleahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the full
Isaiah
three uses
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
- מְלֵאֲתִ֣יmeleatiadjective · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: full of
O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
- מְלֵאָ֗הmeleahverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: full
Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
- הַֽמְלֵאִ֥יםhamleimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: which full
Jeremiah
six uses
a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”
- מָלֵ֛אmale'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- מָ֣לֵאmale'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: full
- מְלֵאִ֣יםmeleimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: full
But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
- מְלֵ֥אmele'adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: full of
Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
- מָלֵ֑אmale'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
Then I set pitchers full of wine and some cups before the men of the house of the Rechabites, and I said to them, “Drink some wine.”
- מְלֵאִ֥יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
Ezekiel
six uses
Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.
- מְלֵאֹ֥תmeleotadjective · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: full of
Their entire bodies, including their backs, hands, and wings, were full of eyes all around, as were their four wheels.
- מְלֵאִ֤יםmeleimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: full
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
- מָלֵא֙male'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
- מָלֵ֥אmale'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
Like the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
- מְלֵא֖וֹתmeleotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: full
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
- מְלֵאָ֥הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
Amos
one use
Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
- הַֽמְלֵאָ֥הhamleahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the full
Nahum
two uses
For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.
- מָלֵֽא׃male'adjective · masculine singulartagged: full
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
- מְלֵאָ֔הmeleahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.