“The fulness of time” is the time when the Messiah appeared, which was appointed by God, promised to the fathers, foretold by the prophets, expected by the Jews themselves, and earnestly longed for by all the faithful: “When the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son,” Gal. iv, 4. This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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H4395
מְלֵאָה
Glosses: fulness, full produce
Indexed occurrences: 3
Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Fulness
(1.) Of time (Gal. 4:4), the time appointed by God, and foretold by the prophets, when Messiah should appear. (2.) Of Christ (John 1:16), the superabundance of grace with which he was filled. (3.) Of the Godhead bodily dwelling in Christ (Col. 2:9), i.e., the whole nature and attributes of God are in Christ. (4.) Eph. 1:23, the church as the fulness of Christ, i.e., the church makes Christ a complete and perfect head.
“The fulness of time” is the time when the Messiah appeared, which was appointed by God, promised to the fathers, foretold by the prophets, expected by the Jews themselves, and earnestly longed for by all the faithful: “When the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son,” Gal. iv, 4. The fulness of Christ is the superabundance of grace with which he was filled: “Of his fulness have all we received,” John i, 16.