To satisfy
שָׂבֵעַStrong’s H7646sava (sa-va)
Appears in 93 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sava is the Hebrew word usually translated “satisfied”, “are satisfied” and “it is satisfied”. It appears in 93 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.”
Meaning
- To be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited(Qal) · (Piel) to satisfy · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- he will be satisfied 8
- and you will be satisfied 7
- they are satisfied 7
- they will be satisfied 5
- it is satisfied 4
- you will be satisfied 3
- and they were satisfied 3
- it will be satisfied 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 23
- Proverbs 15
- Deuteronomy 7
- Isaiah 7
- Job 6
- Jeremiah 6
20 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 16:12I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 26:26And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
- Deuteronomy 6:11And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
- Deuteronomy 8:10When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
- Deuteronomy 8:12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
- Deuteronomy 11:15And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
All 93 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שָׂבֵעַ sava · 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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “satisfy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SAT'ISFY, verb transitive
[Latin satisfacio; satis, enough, and facio, to make.]
- To gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired.
- To supply fully what is necessary and demanded by natural laws; as, to satisfy with rain the desolate and waste ground. Job 38:27
- To pay to content; to recompense or indemnify to the full extent of claims; as, to satisfy demands.
- To appease by punishment; as, to satisfy rigor.
All definitions and other forms of “satisfy”
- To free from doubt, suspense or uncertainty; to cause the mind to rest in confidence by ascertaining the truth; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.
- To convince.
- To pay; to discharge; as, to satisfy an execution.
SAT'ISFY, verb intransitive
- To give content.
- To feed or supply to the full.
- To make payment. [But the intransitive use of this verb is generally elliptical.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.