מָלֵא

Strong’s Definition

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

Etymology & Derivation

or מָלָא; (Esther 7:5), a primitive root;

KJV Usage

accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-) full, [phrase] have wholly.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to fill, be full
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual) to be filled
• 6.(hithpael) to mass themselves against

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mâlêʼ; Pronunciation: maw-lay'