Lexical Definition

‎πλήθω‎ plḗthō (play'-tho) to fill ^G:V
a prolonged form of a primary (which appears only as an alternate in certain tenses and in the reduplicated form pimplemi)

accomplish, full (…come), furnish.

• to "fill" (literally or figuratively (imbue, influence, supply))
• specially, to fulfil (time)

Abbott-Smith

πίμπλημι, [in LXX chiefly for מלא, also for שׂבע;] trans. form in pres. and impf. of πλήθω (intrans. in these tenses), which supplies the other tense forms;
to fill: c. acc., Lk 5:7; c. acc. et gen., Mt 27:48; pass., Mt 22:10, Ac 19:29; of that which fills or takes possession of the mind: pass., c. gen., Lk 1:15, 41, 67 4:28 5:26 6:11, Ac 2:4 3:10 4:8, 31 5:17 9:17 13:9, 45. Metaph. (as in LXX for מלא: Ge 29:27, Jb 15:32), to complete, fulfil: pass., of prophecy, Lk 21:22; of time, Lk 1:23, 57 2:6, 21, 22 (cf. ἐμ-πίμπλημι).†
SYN.: πληροφορέω, πληρόω.

πλήθω, v.s. πίμπλημι.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πλήθω, πίμπλημι-ω,

poetry perfect (in present sense) πέπληθα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεπλήθω, πίμπλημιει [Refs 3rd c.BC+] — _intransitive_ form of πίμπλημι, mostly in present participle, to be full, πλήθω, πίμπλημιει.. νεκύων ἐρατεινὰ ῥέεθρα [πλήθω, πίμπλημιουσα καὶ φόνου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 420, compare 272 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρας κρεῶν πλήθω, πίμπλημιοντες having them full of.., [πλήθω, πίμπλημιοντα λιπὼν ῥόον 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 166, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 6.63 (6th c.AD: Damocharis Epigrammaticus); πεπληθότα λύθρῳ 3rd c.BC: Maiistas Epicus 25 ">Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but Ἄναυρος ὄμβρῳ χειμερίῳ πλήθω, πίμπλημιων swollen with winter's rain, ὄμβρῳ being dative of cause, [πλήθω, πίμπλημιοντι ἐοικώς 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.87; ὡς δ᾽ ὁπότε πλήθω, πίμπλημιων ποταμὸς πεδίονδε κάτεισι 11.492 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the full moon, σελήνη πλήθω, πίμπλημιουσα [Refs 7th c.BC+] rarely = in a full assembly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__II transitive only in later Poets, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

πίμπλημι,

in present and imperfect formed like{ἵστημι}; Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πίμπλεισι [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive πιμπλῇσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; imperative πίμπλη conjecture in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle πιμπλάς [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect 3rd.pers. plural ἐπίμπλασαν [πλήθω, πίμπλημιω (which in \_present\_ and \_imperfect\_ is \_intransitive\_)">Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πλήσω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔπλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πλῆσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]:aorist ἐπλησάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future πλησθήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπλήσθην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural πλῆσθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πέπλησμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], 3rd.pers. plural πεπλήαται [Refs 7th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐπλήμην, Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular and plural πλῆτο, πλῆντο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative ἐμ-πλῄμην, -ῇτο, [Refs]; participle ἐμ-πλήμενος [Refs] —In the _compound_ ἐμπίμπλημι (which see; more frequently in Prose) the second μ is sometimes dropped, as ἐμπίπλημ; but returns with the augment, as in ἐνεπίμπλασα; compare πίμπρημι:—fill, with genitive of things, fill full of.., τράπεζαν ἀμβροσίης [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. τινὰ μένεος, θάρσευς φρένας, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δακρύων ἔπλησεν ἐμέ filled me full of tears, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative of things, fill with.., ἰαχῇ τε φόβῳ τε πάσας πλῆσαν ὁδούς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply, fill, ἰχθύες.. πιμπλᾶσι μυχούς [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 fill full, satisfy, glut, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 fill, discharge an office, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II middle, fill for oneself, or what is one's own, πλησάμενος οἴνοιο δέπας having filled himself a cup of wine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. νῆας load ships, [Refs]; π... θυμὸν ἐδητύος ἠδὲ ποτῆτος fill up, satiate one's desire with..,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεδία πίμπλασθ᾽ ἁρμάτων fill the plain full of your chariots, variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III passive, to be filled, be full of, τῶν.. ἐπλήσθη πεδίον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλκῆς πλῆτο φρένας[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 to be filled, satisfied, have enough of a thing, αἱμάτων γένυσιν πλησθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τῆς νόσου ξυνουσίᾳ to be wearied of it by being with it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 of females, become pregnant, [Refs 4th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskritpiparti 'fill', pūrṇá-, Latin plenus, Gothic fulls, etc. 'full'.)

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.1.15}