Lexical Definition

‎πληρόω‎ plēróō (play-ro'-o) to fulfill ^G:V
from ‎πλήρης‎

accomplish, X after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.

• to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.

Abbott-Smith

πληρόω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for מָלֵא;]
1. to fill, make full, fill to the full, c. acc.;
(a) of things: pass. (σαψήνη, φάραγξ), Mt 13:48, Lk 3:5(LXX); fig., Mt 23:32; but chiefly of immaterial things: πᾶσαν χρείαν, Phl 4:19; ἦχος ἐπλήρωσε τ. οἶκον, Ac 2:2; c. gen. rei (cl.), Ac 5:28; pass., seq. ἐκ, Jo 12:3 (cf. B1., § 36, 4); π. τ. καρδίαν, Jo 16:6, Ac 5:3; metaph., of the all-pervading activity of Christ, Eph 4:10; mid., Eph 1:23;
(b) of persons: to fill with, cause to abound in: c. gen. rei (cl.), Ac 2:28(LXX), Ro 15:13; pass., to be filled with, abound in: Eph 3:19, Phl 4:18; c. gen. rei (cl.), Ac 13:52, Ro 15:14, II Ti 1:4; c. dat. (Æsch., al.), Lk 2:40 (c. gen., T), Ro 1:29, II Co 7:4; c. acc. (so in π., v. MM, xx), Phl 1:11, Col 1:9; seq. ἐν, Eph 5:18, Col 2:10.
2. to complete;
(a) to complete, fulfil: of number, Re 6:11, WH, txt.; of time (MM, xx), Mk 1:15, Lk 21:24, Jo 7:8, Ac 7:23, 30 9:23 24:27; ἐυδοκίαν, II Th 1:11; τ. χαράν, Phl 2:2; pass., Jo 3:29 15:11 16:24 17:13, I Jo 1:4, II Jo 12; τ. ἔργα, Re 3:2; ἡ ὑπακοή, II Co 10:6; τ. πάσχα, Lk 22:16;
(b) to execute, accomplish, carry out to the full: Mt 3:15, Lk 7:1 9:31, Ac 12:25 13:25 14:26 19:21, Ro 8:4 13:8 15:19, Ga 5:14, Col 1:25 4:17, Re 6:11, T, WH, R, mg.;
(c) of sayings, prophecies, etc., to bring to pass, fulfil: Mt 1:22 2:15, 17, 23 4:14 5:17 8:17 12:17 13:35 21:4 26:54, 56 27:9, Mk 14:49 15:28 (WH, R, txt. om.), Lk 1:20 4:21 24:44, Jo 12:38 13:18 15:25 17:12 18:9, 32 19:24, 36, Ac 1:16 3:18 13:27, Ja 2:23 (cf. Lft., Col., 255 ff.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πληρόω-όω,

3rd.pers. plural imperfect ἐπληρόωοῦσαν cited by [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ώσω: perfect πεπλήρωκα, Aeolic dialect participle πεπληρόωώκων [Refs] —middle, future πληρόωώσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπληρόωωσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future -ωθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; future middle in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—make full:

__I with genitive of things, fill full of, λάρνακας λίθων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρατῆρα, πίστρα (i.e. οἴνου), [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be filled full, τινος of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 fill full of food, gorge, satiate, βορᾶς ψυχὴν ἐπλήρουν [Refs 5th c.BC+] glut one's rage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be filled full of, satisfied, δαιτὸς -ωθείς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόβου, ἐλπίδος, etc., [πληρόωωθήσεται οὖς ἀπὸ ἀκροάματος LXX.Eccl.1.8. ">LXX+5th c.BC+]
__I.3 π. τὴν χεῖρά τινος consecrate,[LXX]
__II rarely with dative, fill with, πεύκαισιν.. χέρας πληρόωοῦντες [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, πνεύμασιν -ούμενοι filled with breath, [πληρόωωμένους πάσῃ ἀδικίᾳ NT.Rom.1.29, cf. NT.2Cor.7.4. ">NT+4th c.BC+]
__III without any modal case, π. νέας man ships, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πληρόωοῦτε θωρακεῖα man the breastworks, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, τριήρη πληρόωωσάμενος [πληρόωωσάμην τὴν ναῦν ἐρετῶν ἀγαθῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.15. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 impregnate, [τὰ θήλεα] [Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive [Refs]
__III.3 make full or complete, τοὺς δέκα μῆνας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τοὺς χρόνους, τὸν ἐνιαυτόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:—middle, τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι π. [NT]:— passive, of the moon, to be full, [πληρόωωμένη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.29; πεπλήρωται ὁ καιρός NT.Mark.1.15, etc.: in Mathematics texts, πεπληρόωώσθω">NT+5th c.BC+] let the figure be completed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.4 π. δικαστήρια fill them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, δικαστήριον πεπληρόωωμένον ἐκ τούτων [πληρόωουμένου.. βουλευτηρίου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 570. ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.5 render, pay in full, τροφεῖα πληρόωώσει χθονί [Refs]; π. τὴν χρείαν supply it, make it good, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with double accusative, ἵνα πληρόωώσῃς αὐτοὺς τὴν τιμήν [Refs 4th c.AD+], etc.: absolutely, [Refs]
__III.6 fulfil, τὸ χρεών (destiny) [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, τὰς ὑποσχέσεις, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; execute, perform, τὰ προσταχθέντα [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, λαμπαδηφόρων νόμοι.. διαδοχαῖς πληρόωούμενοι fully observed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be fulfilled, of prophecy, [NT]
__III.7 ἐς ἄγγος.. βακχίου μέτρημα πληρόωώσαντες having poured wine into the vessel till it was full, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, assemble, muster, πληρόωουμένης τῆς ἐκκλησίας [πληρόωοῦντ᾽ εἰς.. βουλευτήρια 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1097 codices; πολλοὶ δ᾽ ἐπληρόωώθημεν [prev. author] “IT” 306. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.8 fill up a document, [Refs 6th c.AD+] —passive [Refs]
__IV intransitive, ἡ [ὁδὸς] πληρόωοῖ ἐς τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον the length of road comes in full to this number, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Eccl.1.8 ☩ LXX.Exod.32.29 ☩ LXX.Judg.17.5 ☩ Rom.1.29 ☩ 2Cor.7.4 ☩ Eph.1.23 ☩ Mark.1.15 ☩ Matt.1.22 ☩ John.13.18}