“to complete the times of banishment [i.e., the period of exile],” Plato Leg. 866a). Nevertheless, its freq. in the LXX, partic. when used in the pass. with ἡμέραι (“days”) as subj., betrays the influence of the underlying Heb. phrase (מָלְאוּ יָמִים or the like). The idea implies a definite amount of time that must come to an end as determined, e.g., by nature (Gen 25:24, of gestational period), by a legal regulation (Lev 8:33), by a vow (Num 6:5), or by a divine prophecy (cf. the 70 years in