G4136 — πληροφορία (plerophoria)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G4136
Original: πληροφορία
Transliteration: plerophoria
Pronunciation: play-rof-or-ee'-ah
Part of Speech: Feminine noun
Root: From πληροφορέω (plerophoreo, G4135) — to carry out fully, fully convince
Occurrences: 4 in NT (4 unique verses, 3 books)
First Occurrence: Col 2:2 — "unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From G4135 (plerophoreo); entire confidence: — (full) assurance.

Louw-Nida Semantic Domain¶

Domain: 31 — Hold a View, Believe, Trust
Subdomain: 31.46 — Believe To Be True
Other words in domain: πιστεύω (G4100), πίστις (G4102), πιστός (G4103), πείθω (G3982), ἀσφάλεια (G803), ἀσφαλής (G804), διακρίνω (G1252), δίψυχος (G1374)

Domain Neighbors (31.46 — Believe To Be True)¶

Strong's	Lemma	Total Vv	Primary KJV Translation(s)
G472	ἀντέχω	4	hold, holding fast
G569	ἀπιστέω	4	believed not, believe
G571	ἄπιστος	11	faithless, unbelieving
G803	ἀσφάλεια	3	safety, certainty
G804	ἀσφαλής	4	certainty, certain
G1252	διακρίνω	5	doubt, doubting
G1374	δίψυχος	2	double minded
G2722	κατέχω	4	keep, hold fast

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
full assurance	3	75.0%
assurance	1	25.0%

All four occurrences render as "(full) assurance." The KJV supplies "full" in three of four verses.

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Colossians	1	1.1
1 Thessalonians	1	1.1
Hebrews	2	0.7

Exclusively Pauline epistles (if Hebrews is included). Hebrews accounts for half of all occurrences. Absent from Gospels, Acts, General Epistles, and Revelation. The word is concentrated in passages addressing believers' confidence in the gospel and approach to God.

Semantic Categories¶

With only four occurrences, the categories map one-to-one with the genitival objects that qualify the word.

1. Full Assurance of Understanding (Intellectual Confidence)¶

Col 2:2 — "That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ"

2. Full Assurance of the Gospel (Experiential Confidence)¶

1 Thess 1:5 — "For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake"

3. Full Assurance of Hope (Forward-Looking Confidence)¶

Heb 6:11 — "And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end"

4. Full Assurance of Faith (Confidence in Approaching God)¶

Heb 10:22 — "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water"

Morphological Forms Attested¶

Reference	Form	Parsing
Col 2:2	πληροφορίας	Genitive Singular Feminine
1 Thess 1:5	πληροφορίᾳ	Dative Singular Feminine
Heb 6:11	πληροφορίαν	Accusative Singular Feminine
Heb 10:22	πληροφορίᾳ	Dative Singular Feminine

No plural forms attested. Genitive, dative, and accusative cases only — never nominative (the word always appears in dependent constructions).

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
καρδία (kardia)	G2588	2x (50%)	"hearts... full assurance" — inner seat of assurance (Col 2:2, Heb 10:22)
ἐλπίς (elpis)	G1680	1x (25%)	"full assurance of hope" — qualifying genitive (Heb 6:11)
ἀγάπη (agape)	G26	1x (25%)	"knit together in love... full assurance" — love as context for assurance (Col 2:2)
ἐπίγνωσις (epignosis)	G1922	1x (25%)	"full assurance of understanding" — qualifying genitive (Col 2:2)
δύναμις (dynamis)	G1411	1x (25%)	"in power... and in much assurance" — paired manifestations of the gospel (1 Thess 1:5)
εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)	G2098	1x (25%)	"our gospel... in much assurance" — assurance attending gospel proclamation (1 Thess 1:5)
λόγος (logos)	G3056	1x (25%)	"not... in word only, but... in much assurance" — contrast with mere verbal proclamation (1 Thess 1:5)

Word Family / Cognates¶

G4135 πληροφορέω (plerophoreo) — verb: to carry out fully, fully convince, fully persuade (6 NT occurrences). Key translations: "most surely believed" (Luke 1:1), "being fully persuaded" (Rom 4:21), "be fully persuaded" (Rom 14:5), "make full proof" (2 Tim 4:5), "might be fully known" (2 Tim 4:17). The verb supplies the action that the noun plerophoria describes as a state.
G4134 πλήρης (pleres) — adjective: full. Part of the broader plero- word family.
G4137 πληρόω (pleroo) — verb: to fill, fulfill, complete. Root from which plerophoreo is compounded.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
πίστις (pistis)	G4102	both rendered "assurance" (Heb 10:22 uses pistis and plerophoria: "full assurance of faith")	pistis = faith/trust itself; plerophoria = the fullness or completeness of that conviction
אָמַן (aman)	H539	both rendered "assurance" in KJV	aman = OT verb: to believe, trust, be firm; plerophoria = NT noun: the state of complete conviction
בֶּטַח (betach)	H983	both rendered "assurance" in KJV	betach = safety/security (often physical); plerophoria = intellectual/spiritual certainty

Synonyms (from Louw-Nida domain)¶

G803 ἀσφάλεια (asphaleia) — certainty, safety (3v). Emphasizes objective security rather than subjective confidence.
G804 ἀσφαλής (asphales) — certain, sure (4v). Adjectival form emphasizing factual certainty.
G3954 παρρησία (parresia) — boldness, confidence (31v). Emphasizes outward boldness of speech/action rather than inward conviction.

Hebrew Source¶

No Hebrew sources found via LXX mapping. Plerophoria is a distinctly NT formation with no OT Hebrew equivalent.