שָׂבֵעַ (sa.va) means “to satisfy” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: saw-bah' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׂבֵעַ · sa.va · to satisfy
1) to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be sated (with food) 1a2) to be sated, be satisfied with, be fulfilled, be filled, have one's fill of (have desire satisfied) 1a3) to have in excess, be surfeited, be surfeited with 1a3a) to be weary of (fig) 1b) (Piel) to satisfy 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to satisfy 1c2) to enrich 1c3) to sate, glut (with the undesired)
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or שָׂבֵעַ; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| satisfied | 12 |
| and be satisfied | 5 |
| and are satisfied | 3 |
| and satisfy | 3 |
| be satisfied | 3 |
| is filled | 3 |
| and be filled | 2 |
| and full of | 2 |
| is satisfied | 2 |
| will have plenty of | 2 |
| you will be filled | 2 |
| and i toss and turn | 1 |
| and is satisfied | 1 |
| and satisfied them | 1 |
| and was satisfied | 1 |
| and were filled | 1 |
| and will fill | 1 |
| and you will have plenty | 1 |
| at that time we had plenty | 1 |
| content | 1 |
| feast | 1 |
| filled | 1 |
| get enough | 1 |
| had his fill | 1 |
| have endured | 1 |
| have enough | 1 |
| have their fill | 1 |
| he fills you | 1 |
| he grow weary | 1 |
| he has filled me | 1 |
| he is satisfied | 1 |
| he satisfies | 1 |
| he will satisfy | 1 |
| i am full | 1 |
| i may have too much | 1 |
| i satisfied | 1 |
| i will be satisfied | 1 |
| i will satisfy | 1 |
| i will satisfy him | 1 |
| i would satisfy you | 1 |
| is full | 1 |
| is unsatisfied | 1 |
| let him be filled | 1 |
| overwhelms me | 1 |
| receives the fill | 1 |
| satisfy | 1 |
| satisfy us | 1 |
| their fill | 1 |
| they are satisfied | 1 |
| they became satisfied | 1 |
| they will be satisfied | 1 |
| to eat their fill | 1 |
| to fill you | 1 |
| to get enough | 1 |
| to satisfy | 1 |
| until it is satisfied | 1 |
| until you are satisfied | 1 |
| we are filled | 1 |
| we have endured | 1 |
| we have had enough | 1 |
| when they were satisfied | 1 |
| who satisfies you | 1 |
| will be satisfied | 1 |
| will have his fill | 1 |
| will have their fill | 1 |
| you have too much | 1 |
| you satisfied | 1 |
| you will be satisfied | 1 |
| you will eat your fill | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shall be satisfied | 7 |
| and be satisfied | 4 |
| filled | 3 |
| and art full | 2 |
| and be filled | 2 |
| and be full | 2 |
| and satisfy | 2 |
| are never satisfied | 2 |
| shall not be satisfied | 2 |
| and are not satisfied | 1 |
| and cannot be satisfied | 1 |
| and filled | 1 |
| and full | 1 |
| and i am full | 1 |
| and is satisfied | 1 |
| and it shall be satiate | 1 |
| and not be satisfied | 1 |
| and not have enough | 1 |
| and satisfied | 1 |
| and satisfiest | 1 |
| and they shall not be satisfied | 1 |
| and was full | 1 |
| and was sufficed | 1 |
| and were filled | 1 |
| and ye shall be satisfied | 1 |
| and yet thou wast not satisfied | 1 |
| are full | 1 |
| be filled | 1 |
| be not filled | 1 |
| but filleth | 1 |
| but not be satisfied | 1 |
| but they were not satisfied | 1 |
| filleth | 1 |
| for he satisfieth | 1 |
| for thee lest thou be filled | 1 |
| full | 1 |
| had we plenty | 1 |
| he hath filled | 1 |
| her shall be satisfied | 1 |
| him he is filled full | 1 |
| i am full | 1 |
| i shall be satisfied | 1 |
| i will satisfy | 1 |
| if they be not satisfied | 1 |
| is full | 1 |
| is not filled | 1 |
| is not satisfied | 1 |
| is satisfied | 1 |
| lest he be weary | 1 |
| lest i be full | 1 |
| o satisfy | 1 |
| satisfied | 1 |
| shall be filled | 1 |
| shall have plenty | 1 |
| shall he be filled | 1 |
| should i have satisfied | 1 |
| so were they filled | 1 |
| they are filled | 1 |
| they are full | 1 |
| they shall be satisfied | 1 |
| they shall not satisfy | 1 |
| they were filled | 1 |
| thou art filled | 1 |
| thou filledst | 1 |
| thou shalt be satisfied | 1 |
| thou wast unsatiable | 1 |
| thus ye shall be filled | 1 |
| to be satisfied | 1 |
| to satisfy | 1 |
| to the full | 1 |
| upon thee and i will fill | 1 |
| we cannot be satisfied | 1 |
| we have had enough | 1 |
| we shall be satisfied | 1 |
| when he is filled | 1 |
| who satisfieth | 1 |
| will i satisfy | 1 |
| ye shall be filled | 1 |
Page 2 of 2. 93 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Read word by wordIf you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.
Read word by wordSeldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you.
Read word by wordSheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Read word by wordThe one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Read word by wordOtherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
Read word by wordThe leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
Read word by wordSheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
Read word by worda servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
Read word by wordAll things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
Read word by wordThere is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
Read word by wordHe who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.9
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Read word by word“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Read word by wordThey carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.19
He burns half of it in the fire, and he roasts meat on that half. He eats the roast and is satisfied. Indeed, he warms himself and says, “Ah! I am warm; I see the fire.”
Read word by wordAfter the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
Read word by wordand if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
Read word by wordThe LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Read word by wordso that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
Read word by word“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
Read word by wordI will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordInstead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
Read word by wordFor that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
Read word by wordChaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordI will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
Read word by wordHe has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
Read word by wordLet him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
Read word by wordWe submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Read word by wordThey will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
Read word by wordThen you prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, because you were not yet satisfied. Even after that, you were still not satisfied.
Read word by wordSo you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
Read word by wordWhen your wares went out to sea, you satisfied many nations. You enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise.
Read word by wordI will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.
Read word by wordAnd at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every kind,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Read word by wordThey will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves
Read word by wordWhen they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
Read word by wordYou will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
Read word by wordPeople staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
Read word by wordYou will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.
Read word by wordand wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
Read word by wordYou will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
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