"full, full of, filled with, Jn. 19:29; 21:11; replete, Mt. 23:28; Rom. 1:29; 15:14; Jas. 3:8, 17; 2 Pet. 2:14*"
Definition and meaning
full, full of, filled with, Jn. 19:29; 21:11; replete, Mt. 23:28; Rom. 1:29; 15:14; Jas. 3:8, 17; 2 Pet. 2:14*
In the original Greek the word is written: μεστός
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
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 mestos (G3324) across the King James Bible.
Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
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Common questions
Strong's G3324 (mestos) is a Greek word that means: full, full of, filled with, Jn. 19:29; 21:11; replete, Mt. 23:28; Rom. 1:29; 15:14; Jas. 3:8, 17; 2 Pet. 2:14* It appears 8 times in the King James Bible.
The word mestos (G3324) appears 8 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3324 is mestos, a Greek word defined as: full, full of, filled with, Jn. 19:29; 21:11; replete, Mt. 23:28; Rom. 1:29; 15:14; Jas. 3:8, 17; 2 Pet. 2:14*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
mestos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.