Biblica Analytica

מָלֵא

ma.le (H4390)

to fill

249 verses 32 books OT 241 / NT 0
AI Word Study

The Hebrew word מָלֵא (H4390, ma.le) primarily conveys the concept of filling or being full. This physical action can encompass various states, such as being completely filled, partially filled, or having a sense of abundance. In the context of the Bible, this word is used extensively, appearing 249 times. The meaning of ma.le is not limited to static conditions, as it also implies the process of filling. For instance, it can refer to the act of pouring liquid into a container or the act of filling up a space with objects. This dynamic aspect of the word highlights the ongoing nature of physical actions in the Hebrew Bible. The frequent occurrence of ma.le throughout the Bible underscores its importance in conveying various themes, such as abundance, prosperity, and completion. The range of its usage spans different contexts, suggesting that this word played a significant role in describing everyday life, rituals, and narrative events in ancient Israelite society.

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Genesis 1:22

God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 6:11

The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 6:13

God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them and the earth.

Genesis 9:1

God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish the earth.

Genesis 21:19

God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.

Genesis 24:16

The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin. No man had known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

Genesis 25:24

When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

Genesis 26:15

Now all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

Genesis 29:21

Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.”

Genesis 29:27

Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.”

Genesis 29:28

Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.

Genesis 42:25

Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

Genesis 44:1

He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

Genesis 50:3

Forty days were used for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for Israel for seventy days.

Exodus 1:7

The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Exodus 2:16

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Exodus 7:25

Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.

Exodus 8:21

Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground they are on.

Exodus 10:6

Your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’ ” He turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My hand will destroy them.’

Exodus 23:26

No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.

Exodus 28:3

You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.

Exodus 28:17

You shall set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of ruby, topaz, and beryl shall be the first row;

Exodus 28:41

You shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest’s office.

Exodus 29:9

You shall clothe them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them. They shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. You shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Exodus 29:29

“The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.

Exodus 29:33

They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.

Exodus 29:35

“You shall do so to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them seven days.

Exodus 31:3

I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,

Exodus 31:5

and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of workmanship.

Exodus 32:29

Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.”

Exodus 35:31

He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;

Exodus 35:33

in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of skillful workmanship.

Exodus 35:35

He has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

Exodus 39:10

They set in it four rows of stones. A row of ruby, topaz, and beryl was the first row;

Exodus 40:34

Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:35

Moses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.

Leviticus 8:33

You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.

Leviticus 9:17

He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, in addition to the burnt offering of the morning.

Leviticus 12:4

She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.

Leviticus 12:6

“ ‘When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove, for a sin offering.

Leviticus 16:32

The priest, who is anointed and who is consecrated to be priest in his father’s place, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments.

Leviticus 19:29

“ ‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

Leviticus 21:10

“ ‘He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and who is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, or tear his clothes.

Leviticus 25:30

If it isn’t redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.

Numbers 3:3

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

Numbers 6:5

“ ‘All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

Numbers 6:13

“ ‘This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,

Numbers 14:21

but in very deed—as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory—

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