Greek · G1072, G3624 · unreviewed

γεμισθῇ μου ὁ οἶκος

To fill entirely · house: home

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γεμίζω G1072 to fill entirely

Pronunciation gemízō

To fill completely or to capacity, often with emphasis on fullness achieved rather than mere partial filling.

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οἶκος G3624 house: home

Pronunciation oîkos

Physical dwelling expands metonymically to household, family, lineage, and the Church as God's spiritual household.

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What does γεμισθῇ μου ὁ οἶκος (gemisthē mou ho oikos) mean in the Bible?

γεμίζω · οἶκος is a Greek word meaning "my house may be filled".

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Meaning

my house may be filled

Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses

Aorist Present

Voices

Active Passive

Indicative states a fact or reality 4×

Aorist Active John 2:7 · John 6:13 · Rev 8:5 3×

Aorist Passive Rev 15:8 1×

Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×

Present Passive Mark 4:37 1×

Aorist Active Luke 15:16 1×

Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×

Aorist Active Mark 15:36 1×

Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 1×

Aorist Passive Luke 14:23 1×

Imperative command or strong request 1×

Aorist Active John 2:7 1×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 9 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 4 imperative 1 subjunctive 1 infinitive 2 participle 1

Tense

aorist 8 present 1

Voice

active 6 passive 3

Mood

indicative 4 infinitive 2 imperative 1 subjunctive 1 participle 1

NT Occurrences

Mark 4:37 γεμίζεσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive Mark 15:36 γεμίσας aorist active participle participle Luke 14:23 γεμισθῇ aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive Luke 15:16 γεμίσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive John 2:7 Γεμίσατε aorist active imperative imperative John 2:7 ἐγέμισαν aorist active indicative completed John 6:13 ἐγέμισαν aorist active indicative completed Revelation 8:5 ἐγέμισεν aorist active indicative completed Revelation 15:8 ἐγεμίσθη aorist passive indicative completed

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 16 — The Gospel Enters Macedonia: Opened Hearts, Broken Chains, and Household Faith Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God Luke 19 — The Son of Man Seeks the Lost, Receives the Kingly Kingdom, and Weeps over Jerusalem Mark 11 — The King Comes to Jerusalem: Fig Tree, Temple Judgment, Faith, Forgiveness, and Authority Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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