Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4393
מְלֹא
melomel-o'
fullness
38 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mᵉlôʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4393is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 18 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4393
fulness (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: [idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.
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
melo is rendered "fullness". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.
- Five of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 48:19But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
Genesis 48:19מְלֹֽא־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in eighteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- fullness of16
- and what fills it15
- and fullness of2
- from fullness its2
- a multitude of1
- more than fullness of1
- the fullness of1
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.
The words it stands beside
All 38, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 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
- מְלֹ֣א5
- מְלֹ֥א4
- וּמְלֹאָ֔הּ3
- מְלֹֽא־3
- וּמְלֹאָֽהּ׃2
- וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּ2
- מְלֹ֤א2
- מִמְּלֹאָ֔הּ2
- וּמְלֹ֣א1
- וּמְלֹ֥א1
- וּ֝מְלֹאָ֗הּ1
- וּמְלֹאָהּ֙1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)18HNcmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular11HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
Genesis
one use
But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
- מְלֹֽא־melo'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
Exodus
three uses
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.
- מְלֹ֣אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
- מְלֹ֤אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”
- מְלֹֽא־melo'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
Leviticus
four uses
and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- מְלֹ֣אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar atop the offerings made by fire to the LORD; it is a sin offering.
- מְל֨וֹאmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- מְלֹֽא־melo'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the fullness of
- וּמְלֹ֣אumelo'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and fullness of
Numbers
two uses
But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
- מְלֹ֥אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.
- מְלֹ֣אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
Deuteronomy
one use
with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.
- וּמְלֹאָ֔הּumeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
Judges
one use
And that is what happened. When Gideon arose the next morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water.
- מְל֥וֹאmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
1 Samuel
one use
Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.
- מְלֹא־melo'-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
2 Samuel
one use
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- וּמְלֹ֥אumelo'conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and fullness of
1 Kings
one use
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
- מְלֹ֤אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
2 Kings
one use
One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
- מְלֹ֣אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
1 Chronicles
one use
Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them.
- וּמְלוֹא֔וֹumelooconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and what fills it
Psalms
five uses
The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
- וּמְלוֹאָ֑הּumeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
- וּמְלֹאָֽהּ׃umeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
- וּ֝מְלֹאָ֗הּumeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
- וּמְלֹאֽוֹ׃umelooconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and what fills it
Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
- וּמְלֹא֑וֹumelooconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and what fills it
Ecclesiastes
two uses
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- מְלֹ֥אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
- מִמְּלֹ֥אmimelo'preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: more than fullness of
Isaiah
five uses
And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
- מְלֹ֥אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
- מְלֹ֥אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
- מְלֹ֣אmelo'noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a multitude of
Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
- וּמְלֹאָ֔הּumeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
- וּמְלֹא֔וֹumelooconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and what fills it
Jeremiah
two uses
The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
- וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּumeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
- וּמְלוֹאָ֔הּumeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
Ezekiel
five uses
Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
- מִמְּלֹאָ֔הּmimeloahpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: from fullness its
He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.
- וּמְלֹאָ֔הּumeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- וּמְלֹאָהּ֙umeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’
- מִמְּלֹאָ֔הּmimeloahpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: from fullness its
I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.
- מְל֣וֹmelonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: fullness of
Amos
one use
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
- וּמְלֹאָֽהּ׃umeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
Micah
one use
Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
- וּמְלֹאָ֑הּumeloahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and what fills it
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.