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Lexicon :: Strong's H7646 - śāḇaʿ

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שָׂבַע
Transliteration
śāḇaʿ
Pronunciation
saw-bah'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2231

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂבַע sâbaʻ, saw-bah'; or שָׂבֵעַ sâbêaʻ; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively):—have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 95x

The KJV translates Strong's H7646 in the following manner: satisfy (47x), fill (25x), full (15x), plenty (2x), enough (2x), satiate (1x), sufficed (1x), unsatiable (1x), weary (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 95x
The KJV translates Strong's H7646 in the following manner: satisfy (47x), fill (25x), full (15x), plenty (2x), enough (2x), satiate (1x), sufficed (1x), unsatiable (1x), weary (1x).

  1. to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be sated (with food)

      2. to be sated, be satisfied with, be fulfilled, be filled, have one's fill of (have desire satisfied)

      3. to have in excess, be surfeited, be surfeited with

        1. to be weary of (fig)

    2. (Piel) to satisfy

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to satisfy

      2. to enrich

      3. to sate, glut (with the undesired)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂבַע sâbaʻ, saw-bah'; or שָׂבֵעַ sâbêaʻ; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively):—have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
STRONGS H7646: Abbreviations
[שָׂבֵעַ,] שָׂבַע 96 verb be sated, satisfied, surfeited (Late Hebrew (derived species) = Biblical Hebrew; so Assyrian šebû, Arabic bdb095904, Aramaic סְבַע, bdb095905, Palmyrene שבע; the Ethiopic verb of same, meaning is bdb095906:); —
Qal79 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שָׂבַע 1 Chronicles 23:1, וְשׂ׳ consecutive Deuteronomy 31:20; 3rd person plural שָׂבֵ֑עוּ Isaiah 9:19, ושׂ׳ consecutive Deuteronomy 14:29; Deuteronomy 26:12, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׂבַּע Proverbs 12:11 +, 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׂבְּעוּן Psalm 104:28, etc.; Imperative שְׂבַעֿ Proverbs 20:13; Infinitive absolute שָׂבוֺע Joel 2:26; 2 Chronicles 31:10; construct לִשְׂבֹּע Exodus 16:8; Lamentations 5:6, לְשָׂבְעָה Haggai 1:6; —
1. be sated (with food), especially human subject:
a. absolute after אָכַל, Hosea 4:10; Isaiah 9:19; Deuteronomy 8:10; Exodus 16:8 (P), + 11 times, compare Isaiah 44:16 (|| אָבַל); exposing men to arrogance Deuteronomy 6:11; Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 31:20, compare Hosea 13:6 (twice in verse) (Israel under figure of cattle), Jeremiah 50:19 (id.; with ב location; || רָעָה graze); = have (or get) enough to eat Psalm 37:19; Psalm 59:16, enough to drink Amos 4:8, figurative of sword Jeremiah 46:10, of wine Habakkuk 2:5.
b. with accusative of food Jeremiah 44:17; Lamentations 5:16; Exodus 16:12 (P), + 6 times, compare Ezekiel 39:29 (of beasts, in figure), of earth, sated with water (rain) Proverbs 30:16, so of trees (accusative om) Psalm 104:16, figurative of requital Proverbs 18:20b.
c. with מִן of food Job 19:22 (figurative); figurative of earth having its fill (of rain) Psalm 104:13, and (figurative of requital) Proverbs 18:20a; good sense Proverbs 12:14 (strike out טוֺב, so Toy), bad sense Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 14:14; with מִן of source Isaiah 66:11 (figurative).
2. more generally, be sated, have desire satisfied:
a. absolute Ezekiel 16:28, 29 (i.e. with harlotry), Jeremiah 50:10 (with plunder), Isaiah 53:11 (with given result); of eyes Proverbs 27:20, of She’ôl and Abaddon Proverbs 27:20, compare Proverbs 30:15; = have abundance Proverbs 30:9 (exposure to arrogance).
b. with accusative, be satisfied with, have one's fill of: Jeremiah 31:14, compare Psalm 17:15; Psalm 63:6; Proverbs 5:10; Ecclesiastes 5:9, compare (eye subject) Ecclesiastes 4:8 accusative of sons Psalm 17:14 (si versa lectio, but text dubious, see Ol Du, compare Bae We), days of life, i.e. reach the full limit (+ זָקֵן) 1 Chronicles 23:1; 2 Chronicles 24:15.
c. with ב of goodness Psalm 65:5, with מִן id. Ecclesiastes 6:3.
d. with ל infinitive, לאֹתִֿשְׂבַּע עַיִן לִרְאוֺת Ecclesiastes 1:8 (|| מָלֵא)
3. have in excess, be surfeited with:
a. lit, with honey (accusative) Proverbs 25:16.
b. figurative = be weary of, with accusative of offerings Isaiah 1:11 (subject י׳), tossings Job 7:4, poverty Proverbs 28:19, shame Habakkuk 2:16, contempt Psalm 123:3; Psalm 123:4 with accusative of person Proverbs 28:17.
c. id., with ב of troubles Psalm 88:4, of reproach Lamentations 3:30.
Niph. Participle נִשְׂבָּע sated Job 31:31.
Pi. satisfy, Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְשַׂבִּ֑עוּ Ezekiel 7:19 they shall not satisfy their appitite (נֶפֶשׁ; || מִלֵּא); Imperative masculine singular suffix, subject י׳, שַׂבְּעֵנִי חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 90:14 (2 accusative). **Now (after Syriac Version and Greek Version of the LXX Manuscripts) reads שִבַּעְתָּ Habakkuk 3:9, for שְׁבֻעוֺת, compare GASm; Gr Marti שְׂבֵעַת (adjective feminine construct) thy bow is sated with shafts. We thinks hopeless.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׂבִּיע Psalm 107:9, וְה׳ consecutive Isaiah 58:11; 2nd person feminine singular הִשְׂבַּ֫עַתְּ Ezekiel 27:33, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַשְׂבִּעַנִי Job 9:18 2nd person masculine singular תַּשְׂבִּיעַ Isaiah 58:10, 1st person singular וָאַשְׂבִּעַ Jeremiah 5:7, suffix אַשְׂבִּיעֶ֑ךָּ Psalm 81:17 [Psalm 81:16] van d. H., אַשְׂבִּיעֶ֑ךָֿ Baer Gi, etc.; Infinitive construct לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ Job 38:27; Participle מַשְׂבִּיעַ Psalm 103:5; Psalm 145:16; —
1.
a. satisfy (especially with material blessings), subject י׳, with acc. person Jeremiah 5:7 (exposing men to arrogance), Isaiah 58:11 (accusativeנֶפֶשׁ; of refreshment in drought, ב location, figurative of help and blessing), Psalm 107:9 (accusative נֶפֶשׁ; || מִלֵּא), compare Psalm 103:5 (ב instrumental, on accusative see עֲדִי); with accusative of ground Job 38:27 (i.e. with rain); human subject, with accusative נֶפֶשׁ Isaiah 58:10.
b. with accusative of food + person, י׳ subject, Psalm 81:17 [Psalm 81:16] (|| הֶאֱכִיל), Psalm 105:40; Psalm 132:15; Psalm 147:14; with accusative of person + אֹרֶךְ יָמִים Psalm 91:16.
c. י׳ subject, accusative of thing + ל person, לְבָלחַֿי רָצוֺן מַשׂ׳ Psalm 145:16.
d. י׳ subject, with accusative of beast + מִמְּךָ (of Pharaoh, in prophetic figurative) Ezekiel 32:4.
2. enrich subject Tyre, with accusative of a people Ezekiel 27:33 (|| הֶעֱשִׁיר).
3. sate, glut (with the undesired), subject י׳, with accusative of person + ב of thing Lamentations 3:15, accusative of person + Job 9:18.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:8; 16:8; 16:12

Deuteronomy

6:11; 8:10; 8:12; 14:29; 26:12; 31:20; 31:20

1 Chronicles

23:1; 23:1

2 Chronicles

24:15; 31:10

Job

7:4; 9:18; 9:18; 19:22; 31:31; 38:27; 38:27

Psalms

17:14; 17:15; 37:19; 59:16; 63:6; 65:5; 81:16; 81:16; 88:4; 90:14; 91:16; 103:5; 103:5; 104:13; 104:16; 104:28; 105:40; 107:9; 107:9; 123:3; 123:4; 132:15; 145:16; 145:16; 147:14

Proverbs

1:31; 5:10; 12:11; 12:14; 14:14; 18:20; 18:20; 20:13; 25:16; 27:20; 27:20; 28:17; 28:19; 30:9; 30:15; 30:16

Ecclesiastes

1:8; 4:8; 5:9; 6:3

Isaiah

1:11; 9:19; 9:19; 44:16; 53:11; 58:10; 58:10; 58:11; 58:11; 66:11

Jeremiah

5:7; 5:7; 31:14; 44:17; 46:10; 50:10; 50:19

Lamentations

3:15; 3:30; 5:6; 5:16

Ezekiel

7:19; 16:28; 16:29; 27:33; 27:33; 32:4; 39:29

Hosea

4:10; 13:6

Joel

2:26

Amos

4:8

Habakkuk

2:5; 2:16; 3:9

Haggai

1:6

H7646

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Strong's Number H7646 matches the Hebrew שָׂבַע (śāḇaʿ),
which occurs 97 times in 93 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Pro 20:13–Hab 2:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty;
Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:16 - Have you found honey?
Eat only as much as you need,
Lest you be filled with it and vomit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 - Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house,
Lest he become weary of you and hate you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Hell[fn] and Destruction[fn] are never full;
So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:19 - He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - Lest I be full and deny You,
And say, “Who is the LORD?”
Or lest I be poor and steal,
And profane the name of my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:15 - The leech has two daughters—
Give and Give!

There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, “Enough!”:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - The grave,[fn]
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water—
And the fire never says, “Enough!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22 - For a servant when he reigns,
A fool when he is filled with food,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - All things are full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one alone, without companion:
He has neither son nor brother.
Yet there is no end to all his labors,
Nor is his eye satisfied with riches.
But he never asks,
“For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?”
This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver;
Nor he who loves abundance, with increase.
This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3 - If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he—

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:11 - “To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?”
Says the LORD.
“I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fed cattle.
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
Or of lambs or goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - And he shall snatch on the right hand
And be hungry;
He shall devour on the left hand
And not be satisfied;
Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - He burns half of it in the fire;
With this half he eats meat;
He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
He even warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm,
I have seen the fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - He shall see the labor of His soul,[fn] and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - If you extend your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,
And your darkness shall be as the noonday.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11 - The LORD will guide you continually,
And satisfy your soul in drought,
And strengthen your bones;
You shall be like a watered garden,
And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11 - That you may feed and be satisfied
With the consolation of her bosom,
That you may drink deeply and be delighted
With the abundance of her glory.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - “How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And sworn by those that are not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:14 - I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - “But we will certainly do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and saw no trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
The sword shall devour;
It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10 - And Chaldea shall become plunder;
All who plunder her shall be satisfied,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - But I will bring back Israel to his home,
And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan;
His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 - He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drink wormwood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30 - Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:6 - We have given our hand to the Egyptians
And the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19 - ‘They will throw their silver into the streets,
And their gold will be like refuse;
Their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them
In the day of the wrath of the LORD;
They will not satisfy their souls,
Nor fill their stomachs,
Because it became their stumbling block of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:28 - “You also played the harlot with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; indeed you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29 - “Moreover you multiplied your acts of harlotry as far as the land of the trader, Chaldea; and even then you were not satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33 - ‘When your wares went out by sea,
You satisfied many people;
You enriched the kings of the earth
With your many luxury goods and your merchandise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4 - Then I will leave you on the land;
I will cast you out on the open fields,
And cause to settle on you all the birds of the heavens.
And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:20 - You shall be filled at My table
With horses and riders,
With mighty men
And with all the men of war,” says the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10 - For they shall eat, but not have enough;
They shall commit harlotry, but not increase;
Because they have ceased obeying the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:6 - When they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19 - The LORD will answer and say to His people,
“Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil,
And you will be satisfied by them;
I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:26 - You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
And praise the name of the LORD your God,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
And My people shall never be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - So two or three cities wandered to another city to drink water,
But they were not satisfied;
Yet you have not returned to Me,”
Says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:14 - You shall eat, but not be satisfied;
Hunger[fn] shall be in your midst.
[fn]You may carry some away, but shall not save them;
And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5 - “Indeed, because he transgresses by wine,
He is a proud man,
And he does not stay at home.
Because he enlarges his desire as hell,[fn]
And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied,
He gathers to himself all nations
And heaps up for himself all peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - You are filled with shame instead of glory.
You also—drink!
And be exposed as uncircumcised![fn]
The cup of the LORD’s right hand will be turned against you,
And utter shame will be on your glory.

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