מָלֵא male

Hebrew word for “to fill” · Strong’s H4390 · used 249 times in 241 verses

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Meaning

1) to fill, be full; 1a) (Qal);

How it is translated

Glosses given for male in context, with how often each is used:

• filled 54
• full 40
• fill 24
• will fill 19
• completed 14
• have filled 11
• will be filled 10
• will be full 9
• has filled 8
• has been filled 4
• have been completed 3
• complete 3

Where it is used

Also in 20 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 29 (4), 1 Kings 8 (4), Jeremiah 51 (4), Genesis 29 (3), Exodus 28 (3), Exodus 35 (3), Joshua 14 (3), 2 Kings 3 (3), Job 20 (3), Isaiah 2 (3)

Forms

• מלא 43
• מלאו 28
• מלאה 18
• וימלא 18
• ומלאו 14
• ימלא 14
• מלאת 12
• ותמלא 10
• תמלא 8
• ימלאו 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with male more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פֶּה peh “lip” 24
• כָּבוֹד kavod “glory” 13
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 16
• אַחַר achar “after” 16
• רָאָה raah “to see” 17
• עַד ad “till” 16
• חָמָס chamas “violence” 8
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 11
• מַי mayim “water” 12
• עָנָן anan “cloud” 8
• דָּם dam “blood” 10
• אָב av “father” 14

Key verses

The verses using male that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 40:34 — Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
• 1 Samuel 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I…
• 2 Samuel 7:12 — And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will…
• Psalms 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid they are full of…
• Psalms 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
• Song of Solomon 5:2 — I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled…
• Isaiah 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isaiah 6:1 — In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
• Isaiah 11:9 — They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
• Jeremiah 23:24 — Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 51:11 — Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it;…
• Haggai 2:7 — And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.