Hebrew word study

מָלֵאmâlêʼ — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide applica…

Pronounced “maw-lay'”

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

Translated in the King James as: accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, 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.

Appears 246 times in Scripture

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

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Where it appears

Genesis — 16×

Genesis 1:22 Genesis 1:28 Genesis 6:11 Genesis 6:13 Genesis 9:1 Genesis 21:19 Genesis 24:16 Genesis 25:24 Genesis 26:15 Genesis 29:21 Genesis 29:27 Genesis 29:28 Genesis 42:25 Genesis 44:1 Genesis 50:3+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 23×

Exodus 1:7 Exodus 2:16 Exodus 7:25 Exodus 8:21 Exodus 10:6 Exodus 15:9 Exodus 23:26 Exodus 28:3 Exodus 28:17 Exodus 28:41 Exodus 29:9 Exodus 29:29 Exodus 29:33 Exodus 29:35 Exodus 31:3 Exodus 31:5 Exodus 32:29 Exodus 35:31 Exodus 35:33 Exodus 35:35 Exodus 39:10 Exodus 40:34 Exodus 40:35

Leviticus — 9×

Leviticus 8:33 Leviticus 9:17 Leviticus 12:4 Leviticus 12:6 Leviticus 16:32 Leviticus 19:29 Leviticus 21:10 Leviticus 25:30+ 1 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 7×

Numbers 3:3 Numbers 6:5 Numbers 6:13 Numbers 14:21 Numbers 14:24 Numbers 32:11 Numbers 32:12

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 1:36 Deuteronomy 6:11

Joshua — 5×

Joshua 3:15 Joshua 9:13 Joshua 14:8 Joshua 14:9 Joshua 14:14

Judges — 2×

Judges 17:5 Judges 17:12

1 Samuel — 2×

1 Sam 16:1 1 Sam 18:27

2 Samuel — 2×

2 Sam 7:12 2 Sam 23:7

1 Kings — 12×

1 Ki 1:14 1 Ki 2:27 1 Ki 7:14 1 Ki 8:10 1 Ki 8:11 1 Ki 8:15 1 Ki 8:24 1 Ki 11:6 1 Ki 13:33 1 Ki 18:34 1 Ki 18:35 1 Ki 20:27

2 Kings — 10×

2 Ki 3:17 2 Ki 3:20 2 Ki 3:25 2 Ki 4:6 2 Ki 6:17 2 Ki 9:24 2 Ki 10:21 2 Ki 21:16 2 Ki 23:14 2 Ki 24:4

1 Chronicles — 3×

1 Chr 12:15 1 Chr 17:11 1 Chr 29:5

2 Chronicles — 11×

2 Chr 5:13 2 Chr 5:14 2 Chr 6:4 2 Chr 6:15 2 Chr 7:1 2 Chr 7:2 2 Chr 13:9 2 Chr 16:14 2 Chr 29:31 2 Chr 36:21+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 1×

Ezra 9:11

Esther — 5×

Esther 1:5 Esther 2:12 Esther 3:5 Esther 5:9 Esther 7:5

Job — 17×

Job 3:15 Job 8:21 Job 15:2 Job 15:32 Job 16:10 Job 20:11 Job 20:22 Job 20:23 Job 21:24 Job 22:18 Job 23:4 Job 32:18 Job 36:16 Job 36:17 Job 38:39 Job 39:2 Job 41:7

Psalms — 21×

Psalms 10:7 Psalms 17:14 Psalms 20:4 Psalms 20:5 Psalms 26:10 Psalms 33:5 Psalms 38:7 Psalms 48:10 Psalms 71:8 Psalms 72:19 Psalms 74:20 Psalms 80:9 Psalms 81:10 Psalms 83:16 Psalms 104:24 Psalms 107:9 Psalms 110:6 Psalms 119:64 Psalms 126:2 Psalms 127:5 Psalms 129:7

Proverbs — 7×

Proverbs 1:13 Proverbs 3:10 Proverbs 6:30 Proverbs 8:21 Proverbs 12:21 Proverbs 20:17 Proverbs 24:4

Ecclesiastes — 4×

Eccles 1:8 Eccles 6:7 Eccles 8:11 Eccles 11:3

Song of Solomon — 2×

Song 5:2 Song 5:14

Isaiah — 22×

Isaiah 1:15 Isaiah 2:6 Isaiah 2:7 Isaiah 2:8 Isaiah 6:1 Isaiah 6:4 Isaiah 11:9 Isaiah 13:21 Isaiah 14:21 Isaiah 15:9 Isaiah 21:3 Isaiah 22:7 Isaiah 23:2 Isaiah 27:6 Isaiah 28:8 Isaiah 30:27 Isaiah 33:5 Isaiah 34:6 Isaiah 40:2 Isaiah 65:11 Isaiah 65:20+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 22×

Jeremiah 4:5 Jeremiah 6:11 Jeremiah 13:12 Jeremiah 13:13 Jeremiah 15:17 Jeremiah 16:18 Jeremiah 19:4 Jeremiah 23:10 Jeremiah 23:24 Jeremiah 25:12 Jeremiah 25:34 Jeremiah 29:10 Jeremiah 31:25 Jeremiah 33:5 Jeremiah 41:9 Jeremiah 44:25 Jeremiah 46:12 Jeremiah 51:5 Jeremiah 51:11 Jeremiah 51:14 Jeremiah 51:34+ 1 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 1×

Lam 4:18

Ezekiel — 26×

Ezekiel 3:3 Ezekiel 5:2 Ezekiel 7:19 Ezekiel 7:23 Ezekiel 8:17 Ezekiel 9:7 Ezekiel 9:9 Ezekiel 10:2 Ezekiel 10:3 Ezekiel 10:4 Ezekiel 11:6 Ezekiel 23:33 Ezekiel 24:4 Ezekiel 26:2 Ezekiel 27:25 Ezekiel 28:16 Ezekiel 30:11 Ezekiel 32:5 Ezekiel 32:6 Ezekiel 35:8 Ezekiel 43:5 Ezekiel 43:26 Ezekiel 44:4+ 3 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 2×

Daniel 9:2 Daniel 10:3

Joel — 2×

Joel 2:24 Joel 3:13

Micah — 2×

Micah 3:8 Micah 6:12

Nahum — 1×

Nahum 2:12

Habakkuk — 2×

Habakkuk 2:14 Habakkuk 3:3

Zephaniah — 1×

Zeph 1:9

Haggai — 1×

Haggai 2:7

Zechariah — 3×

Zech 8:5 Zech 9:13 Zech 9:15

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