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Lexicon :: Strong's H7646 - śāḇaʿ

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - If you love sleep, you will end in poverty.
Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:16 - Do you like honey?
Don’t eat too much, or it will make you sick!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 - Don’t visit your neighbors too often,
or you will wear out your welcome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:20 - Just as Death and Destruction[fn] are never satisfied,
so human desire is never satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:19 - A hard worker has plenty of food,
but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:9 - For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?”
And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:15 - The leech has two suckers
that cry out, “More, more!”[fn]
There are three things that are never satisfied—
no, four that never say, “Enough!”:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:16 - the grave,[fn]
the barren womb,
the thirsty desert,
the blazing fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:22 - a slave who becomes a king,
an overbearing fool who prospers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:8 - Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - This is the case of a man who is all alone, without a child or a brother, yet who works hard to gain as much wealth as he can. But then he asks himself, “Who am I working for? Why am I giving up so much pleasure now?” It is all so meaningless and depressing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3 - A man might have a hundred children and live to be very old. But if he finds no satisfaction in life and doesn’t even get a decent burial, it would have been better for him to be born dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:11 - “What makes you think I want all your sacrifices?”
says the LORD.
“I am sick of your burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of fattened cattle.
I get no pleasure from the blood
of bulls and lambs and goats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - They will attack their neighbor on the right
but will still be hungry.
They will devour their neighbor on the left
but will not be satisfied.
In the end they will even eat their own children.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - He burns part of the tree to roast his meat
and to keep himself warm.
He says, “Ah, that fire feels good.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish,
he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience,
my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous,
for he will bear all their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - Feed the hungry,
and help those in trouble.
Then your light will shine out from the darkness,
and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:11 - The LORD will guide you continually,
giving you water when you are dry
and restoring your strength.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like an ever-flowing spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11 - Drink deeply of her glory
even as an infant drinks at its mother’s comforting breasts.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - “How can I pardon you?
For even your children have turned from me.
They have sworn by gods that are not gods at all!
I fed my people until they were full.
But they thanked me by committing adultery
and lining up at the brothels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:14 - The priests will enjoy abundance,
and my people will feast on my good gifts.
I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
a day of vengeance on his enemies.
The sword will devour until it is satisfied,
yes, until it is drunk with your blood!
The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will receive a sacrifice today
in the north country beside the Euphrates River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:10 - Babylonia[fn] will be looted
until the attackers are glutted with loot.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:19 - And I will bring Israel home again to its own land,
to feed in the fields of Carmel and Bashan,
and to be satisfied once more
in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:15 - He has filled me with bitterness
and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:30 - Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them
and accept the insults of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:6 - We submitted to Egypt and Assyria
to get enough food to survive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19 - “They will throw their money in the streets,
tossing it out like worthless trash.
Their silver and gold won’t save them
on that day of the LORD’s anger.
It will neither satisfy nor feed them,
for their greed can only trip them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:28 - You have prostituted yourself with the Assyrians, too. It seems you can never find enough new lovers! And after your prostitution there, you still were not satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:29 - You added to your lovers by embracing Babylonia,[fn] the land of merchants, but you still weren’t satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33 - The merchandise you traded
satisfied the desires of many nations.
Kings at the ends of the earth
were enriched by your trade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4 - I will leave you stranded on the land to die.
All the birds of the heavens will land on you,
and the wild animals of the whole earth
will gorge themselves on you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:20 - Feast at my banquet table—feast on horses and charioteers, on mighty men and all kinds of valiant warriors, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:10 - They will eat and still be hungry.
They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,
for they have deserted the LORD

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:6 - But when you had eaten and were satisfied,
you became proud and forgot me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19 - The LORD will reply,
“Look! I am sending you grain and new wine and olive oil,
enough to satisfy your needs.
You will no longer be an object of mockery
among the surrounding nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:26 - Once again you will have all the food you want,
and you will praise the LORD your God,
who does these miracles for you.
Never again will my people be disgraced.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:8 - People staggered from town to town looking for water,
but there was never enough.
But still you would not return to me,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:14 - You will eat but never have enough.
Your hunger pangs and emptiness will remain.
And though you try to save your money,
it will come to nothing in the end.
You will save a little,
but I will give it to those who conquer you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:5 - Wealth[fn] is treacherous,
and the arrogant are never at rest.
They open their mouths as wide as the grave,[fn]
and like death, they are never satisfied.
In their greed they have gathered up many nations
and swallowed many peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:16 - But soon it will be your turn to be disgraced.
Come, drink and be exposed![fn]
Drink from the cup of the LORD’s judgment,
and all your glory will be turned to shame.

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