Bible Dictionary
SUPPLY
To supply means to fill, furnish, or provide what is needed. In the New Testament it can describe God’s provision, the supplying of ministry needs, or the provision of grace and spiritual resources.
Definition
To supply means to fill, furnish, or provide what is needed. The biblical terms translated this way can mean filling, filling up to a point, furnishing besides, or fully supplying.
Biblical Usage
The New Testament uses supply language for material needs, ministry service, generosity, and the provision of spiritual resources. It may describe God’s provision, the filling of needs, or believers’ furnishing what is lacking.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>su-pli': Php 4:19 for pleroo; 1Co 16:17; Php 2:30 for anapleroo; 2Co 9:12 (the King James Version); 2Co 11:9 for prosanapleroo. All three verbs mean "to fill," the 3rd containing the additional connotation "fill up to a certain point." Eph 4:16; Php 1:19 for the noun epichoregia, literally, "an additional supply." But no special force of "additional" seems to be contained in the passages. In 2Co 9:10 a; Ga 3:5; Col 2:9; 2Pe 1:5,11, we have epichoregeo, "to furnish besides," i.e. fully supply; in 2Co 9:10 b; 1Pe 4:11 the simple choregeo, "to furnish,"</p><p>Burton Scott Easton</p>