"to fill, Mt. 4:37; 15:36, et al."
Definition and meaning
to fill, Mt. 4:37; 15:36, et al.
In the original Greek the word is written: γεμίζω
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of gemizo (G1072) across the King James Bible.
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
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Common questions
Strong's G1072 (gemizo) is a Greek word that means: to fill, Mt. 4:37; 15:36, et al. It appears 8 times in the King James Bible.
The word gemizo (G1072) appears 8 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1072 is gemizo, a Greek word defined as: to fill, Mt. 4:37; 15:36, et al.. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
gemizo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.