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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
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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; —
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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 1 / 2 (Exo 16:8–Pro 18:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:8 - And Moses said, This shall be when the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to satiety, because the Lord has heard your murmuring, which ye murmur against us: and what are we? for your murmuring is not against us, but against God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:12 - I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Towards evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be satisfied with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:26 - When I afflict you with famine of bread, then ten women shall bake your loaves in one oven, and they shall render your loaves by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11 - houses full of all good things which thou didst not fill, [fn]wells dug in the rock which thou didst not dig, vineyards and oliveyards which thou didst not plant, then having eaten and been filled,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:10 - And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless the Lord thy God on the good land, which he has given thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:12 - lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15 - And he shall give food in thy fields to thy cattle; and when thou hast eaten and art full,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with thee, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works which thou shalt do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:12 - And when thou shalt have completed all the tithings of thy fruits in the third year, thou shalt give the second tenth to the Levite, and stranger, and fatherless, and widow; and they shall eat it in thy cities, and be merry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - For I will bring them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy themselves; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:14 - And Booz said to her, Now it is time to eat; come hither, and thou shalt eat of the bread, and thou shalt dip thy morsel in the vinegar: and Ruth sat by the side of the reapers, and Booz handed her meal, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 - And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15 - And Jodae grew old, being full of days, and he died, being a hundred and thirty years old at his death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:10 - And Azarias the priest, the chief over the house of Sadoc, spoke to him, and said, From the time that the first-fruits began to be brought into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and drunk, and left even abundantly; for the Lord has blessed his people, and we have left to this amount.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and oliveyards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in thy great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - Whenever I lie down, I say, When will it be day? and whenever I rise up, again I say when will it be evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:18 - For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:22 - Wherefore do ye persecute me as also the Lord does, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 - And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:31 - And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:27 - and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - (LXX 16:14) because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with [fn]uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:15 - (LXX 16:15) But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26 - (LXX 21:27) The poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their heart shall live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:19 - (LXX 36:19) They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:15 - (LXX 58:16) They shall be scattered hither and thither for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:5 - (LXX 62:6) Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and my joyful lips shall praise thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:4 - (LXX 64:5) Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in thy courts; we shall be filled with the good things of thy house; thy temple is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:29 - (LXX 77:29) So they ate, and were completely filled; and he gave them their desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:16 - (LXX 80:17) And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:3 - (LXX 87:4) For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn nigh to Hades.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:14 - (LXX 89:14) We have been satisfied in the morning with thy mercy; and we did exult and rejoice:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:16 - (LXX 90:16) I will satisfy him with length of days, and shew him my salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 - (LXX 102:5) who satisfies thy desire with good things: so that thy youth shall be renewed like that of the eagle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:13 - (LXX 103:13) He waters the mountains from his chambers: the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 - (LXX 103:16) The trees of the plain shall be full of sap; even the cedars of Libanus which he has planted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:28 - (LXX 103:28) When thou hast given it them, they will gather it; and when thou hast opened thine hand, they shall all be filled with good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:40 - (LXX 104:40) They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - (LXX 106:9) For he satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:3 - (LXX 122:3) Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:4 - (LXX 122:4) Yea, our soul has been exceedingly filled with it: [fn]let the reproach be to them that are at ease, and contempt to the proud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - (LXX 131:15) I will surely bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:16 - (LXX 144:16) Thou openest thine hands, and fillest every living thing with pleasure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:14 - (LXX 147:3) He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the [fn]flour of wheat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:31 - Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:10 - lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread; but they that pursue vanities are void of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:14 - The soul of a man shall be filled with good from the fruits of his mouth; and the recompence of his lips shall be given to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:14 - A [fn]stout-hearted man shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth; and he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips.

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