πλήρωμα, -τος, τό

(πληρόω), [in LXX for מְלֹא ;]

the result of the action involved in πληρόω (Lft. Col. 255 if.; AR, Eph. 255 ff.), hence,

__1. in passive sense, that which has been completed, complement, plenitude, fullness (in Xen. Luc. Polyb. al. of a ship's crew or cargo, and by meton. of the ship itself) : Jhn.1:16, Rom.11:12, 25 15:29, 1Co.10:26" (LXX) Eph.1:23 (AR, 42 ff.) Eph.3:19 (AR. 87 ff.) Eph.4:13, Col.1:19 2:9; of time, Gal.4:4, Eph.1:10; κοφίνων (σφυρίδων) πληρώματα, basketfuls, Mrk.6:43 8:20.

__2. In active sense (= πλήρωσις, as frequently in words of these formations, cf. κτίσις, and see MM, xx);

__(a) that which fills up (but see Lft. l.with) : Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21;

__(b) a filling up, completing, fulfilment: Rom.13:10.†

(AS)

that which has been completed; complement; plenitude; fullness; basketfuls; that which fills up; a filling up; completing; fulfilment