Lexical Definition
שָׂבַע sâbaʻ (saw-bah') to satisfy H:V
or שָׂבֵעַ sâbêaʻ (saw-bay'-ah); a primitive root
have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
- to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
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)
See Greek: ἐμπίπλημι · πληθύνω · πλήθω · πληρόω · χορτάζω
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| תַּשְׂבִּ֑יעַ | you will satisfy | Isa.58.10 |
| תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ | are you satisfied | Job.19.22 |
| you will be satisfied | Lev.26.26 | |
| תִשְׂבָּ֔ע | you will be satisfied | Mic.6.14 |
| תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה | they are satisfied | Prov.27.20 |
| תִשְׂבַּ֥ע | it is satisfied | Eccl.1.8 |
| תִשְׂבַּ֣ע | it was satisfied | Eccl.4.8 |
| it will be satisfied | Eccl.6.3 | |
| תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה | they are satisfied | Prov.27.20 • Prov.30.15 |
| תִּשְׂבַּ֥ע | it is satisfied | Ps.104.13 |
| it will be satisfied | Jer.50.19 | |
| תִּשְׂבַּ֣ע | it is satisfied | Prov.18.20 |
| it will be satisfied | Ps.63.5 | |
| תִּשְׂבְּעוּ | you will be satisfied | Exod.16.12 |
| תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗נּוּ | you should be surfeited with it | Prov.25.16 |
| שָׂבָֽעַתְּ | you were satisfied | Ezek.16.28 • Ezek.16.29 |
| שָׂבַ֥עְנוּ | we have been surfeited | Ps.123.3 |
| שָׂבַ֤עְתָּ | you are satisfied | Hab.2.16 |
| שָׂבַ֛עְתִּי | I have been surfeited | Isa.1.11 |
| שָׂבֵ֑עוּ | they were satisfied | Isa.9.20 |
| שָׂבְע֖וּ | they were satisfied | Hos.13.6 |
| שָׂ֣בְעָה | it is satisfied | Prov.30.16 |
| שָֽׂבְעָה | it has been surfeited | Ps.123.4 |
| שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה | it is surfeited | Ps.88.3 |
| שַׂבְּעֵ֣נוּ | satisfy us | Ps.90.14 |
| שְֽׂבַֽע | be satisfied | Prov.20.13 |
| נִשְׂבָּֽע | is satisfied | Job.31.31 |
| נִ֭שְׂבְּעָה | may we be satisfied | Ps.65.4 |
| לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ | to be satisfied | Lam.5.6 |
| לִשְׂבֹּ֔עַ | to be satisfied | Exod.16.8 |
| לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ | to satisfy | Job.38.27 |
| יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽם | he satisfied them | Ps.105.40 |
| יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽךְ | he satisfies you | Ps.147.14 |
| יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִי | he surfeits me | Job.9.18 |
| יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ | they will be satisfied | Ps.37.19 |
| they will be surfeited | Prov.1.31 | |
| יִשְׂבָּֽע | he is satisfied | Prov.18.20 |
| יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּ | they will be satisfied | Jer.31.14 • Jer.50.10 |
| יִשְׂבָּ֔עוּ | they will be satisfied | Hos.4.10 |
| יִשְׂבָּ֔ע | he is satisfied | Hab.2.5 |
| he will be satisfied | Isa.53.11 | |
| יִשְׂבָּ֑עוּ | they were satisfied | Amos.4.8 |
| יִשְׂבַּע | he will be satisfied | Prov.12.14 |
| יִשְׂבַּ֥ע | let him be sated | Lam.3.30 |
| יִשְׂבַּ֣ע | he will be satisfied | Eccl.5.10 |
| יִשְׂבְּעוּ | they will be satisfied | Job.27.14 |
| יִשְׂבְּע֥וּן | they are satisfied | Ps.104.28 |
| יִשְׂבְּע֥וּ | they are satisfied | Ps.17.14 |
| יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ | they should be satisfied | Prov.5.10 |
| יִֽשְׂבַּֽע | he will be satisfied | Prov.12.11 • Prov.28.19 • Prov.28.19 • Prov.30.22 |
| יִ֭שְׂבַּע | he will be satisfied | Prov.14.14 |
| יִ֭שְׂבְּעוּ | they are satisfied | Ps.104.16 |
| יִ֝שְׂבָּעֲךָ֗ | he should be surfeited with you | Prov.25.17 |
| יִ֝שְׂבְּע֗וּ | they are satisfied | Ps.59.15 |
| יְשַׂבֵּ֔עוּ | they will satisfy | Ezek.7.19 |
| וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֤ם | and you will be satisfied | Ezek.39.20 |
| וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֖ם | and you will be satisfied | Joel.2.19 |
| וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֔ם | and you will be satisfied | Isa.66.11 |
| וּמַשְׂבִּ֖יעַ | and satisfying | Ps.145.16 |
| וָאַשְׂבִּ֤עַ | and I satisfied | Jer.5.7 |
| וַתִּשְׂבַּ֖ע | and she was satisfied | Ruth.2.14 |
| וַנִּֽשְׂבַּֽע | and we were satisfied | Jer.44.17 |
| וַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּ | and they were satisfied | Hos.13.6 |
| וַיִּשְׂבַּ֥ע | and he was satisfied | 2Chr.24.15 |
| וַיִּשְׂבְּע֣וּ | and they were satisfied | Ps.78.29 |
| וַֽיִּשְׂבְּעוּ֙ | and they were satisfied | Neh.9.25 |
| וְשָׂבָֽעְתָּ | and you will be satisfied | Deut.6.11 • Deut.11.15 |
| וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ | and you will be satisfied | Deut.8.10 • Deut.8.12 |
| וְשָׂבַ֣ע | and he was satisfied | 1Chr.23.1 |
| וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי | and I will be surfeited | Job.7.4 |
| וְשָׂבַ֖ע | and it will be satisfied | Deut.31.20 |
| וְשָׂבֵֽעוּ | and they will be satisfied | Deut.26.12 |
| וְשָׂבֵ֑עוּ | and they will be satisfied | Deut.14.29 |
| וְשָׂב֤וֹעַ | and we have been satisfied | 2Chr.31.10 |
| וְשָׂב֔וֹעַ | and being satisfied | Joel.2.26 |
| וְשָׂ֣בְעָ֔ה | and it will be satisfied | Jer.46.10 |
| וְיִשְׂבָּ֗עוּ | so they may be satisfied | Ps.22.26 |
| וְיִשְׂבָּ֑ע | so he may be satisfied | Isa.44.16 |
| וְהִשְׂבַּעְתִּ֥י | and I will satisfy | Ezek.32.4 |
| וְהִשְׂבִּ֤יעַ | and he will satisfy | Isa.58.11 |
| הַמַּשְׂבִּ֣יַע | who satisfies | Ps.103.5 |
| הִשְׂבַּ֖עַתְּ | you satisfied | Ezek.27.33 |
| הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי | he has surfeited me | Lam.3.15 |
| הִ֭שְׂבִּיעַ | he satisfies | Ps.107.9 |
| אַשְׂבִּיעֶֽךָ | I will satisfy you | Ps.81.16 |
| אַשְׂבִּיעֵ֑הוּ | I will satisfy him | Ps.91.16 |
| אַשְׂבִּ֥יעַֽ | I will satisfy | Ps.132.15 |
| אֶשְׂבַּ֨ע | I should be satisfied | Prov.30.9 |
| אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה | I will be satisfied | Ps.17.15 |
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[שָׂבֵעַ,] שָׂבַע96 verb be sated, satisfied, surfeited (Late Hebrew (derived species) = Biblical Hebrew; so Assyrian šebû, Arabic , Aramaic סְבַע,
, Palmyrene שבע; the Ethiopic verb of same, meaning is
:); —
Qal79 Perfect 3 masculine singular שָׂבַע 1Chr 23:1, ׳וְשׂ consecutive Deut 31:20 3 plural שָׂבֵ֑עוּ Isa 9:19*, ׳ושׂ consecutive Deut 14:29; Deut 26:12, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׂבַּע Prov 12:11 +, 3 masculine plural יִשְׂבְּעוּן Ps 104:28, etc.; Imperative שְׂבַעֿ Prov 20:13 Infinitive absolute שָׂבוֺע Joel 2:26; 2Chr 31:10 construct לִשְׂבֹּע Exod 16:8; Lam 5:6, לְשָׂבְעָה Hag 1:6 —
1. be sated (with food), especially human subject:
a. absolute after אָכַל, Hos 4:10; Isa 9:19*; Deut 8:10; Exod 16:8 (P), + II t., compare Isa 44:16 (|| אָבַל); exposing men to arrogance Deut 6:11; Deut 8:12; Deut 31:20, compare Hos 13:6 (twice in verse) (Israel under figure of cattle), Jer 50:19 (id.; with ב location; || רָעָה graze); = have (or get) enough to eat Ps 37:19; Ps 59:16*, enough to drink Amos 4:8, figurative of sword Jer 46:10, of wine Hab 2:5.
b. with accusative of food Jer 44:17; Lam 5:16; Exod 16:12 (P), + 6 t., compare Ezek 39:29 (of beasts, in figure), of earth, sated with water (rain) Prov 30:16, so of trees (accusative om) Ps 104:16, figurative of requital Prov 18:20 b.
c. with מִן of food Job 19:22 (figurative); figurative of earth having its fill (of rain) Ps 104:13, and (figurative of requital) Prov 18:20a; good sense Prov 12:14 (strike out טוֺב, so Toy), bad sense Prov 1:31; Prov 14:14 with מִן of source Isa 66:11 (figurative).
2. more generally, be sated, have desire satisfied:
a. absolute Ezek 16:28; Ezek 16:29 (i.e. with harlotry), Jer 50:10 (with plunder), Isa 53:11 (with given result); of eyes Prov 27:20, of Sh®°ôl and Abaddon vProv 27:20, compare Prov 30:15 = have abundance Prov 30:9 (exposure to arrogance).
b. with accusative, be satisfied with, have one's fill of: Jer 31:14, compare Ps 17:15; Ps 63:6*; Prov 5:10; Eccl 5:9*, compare (eye subject) Eccl 4:8 Acc. of sons Ps 17:14 (si versa l., but text dubious, see Ol Du, compare Bae We), days of life, i.e. reach the full limit (+ זָקֵן) 1Chr 23:1; 2Chr 24:15.
c. with ב of goodness Ps 65:5*, with מִן id. Eccl 6:3.
d. with ל infinitive, לאֹתִֿשְׂבַּע עַיִן לִרְאוֺת Eccl 1:8 (|| מָלֵא)
3. have in excess, be surfeited with:
a. lit, with honey (accusative) Prov 25:16. b figurative = be weary of, with accusative of offerings Isa 1:11 (subject ׳י), tossings Job 7:4, poverty Prov 28:19, shame Hab 2:16, contempt Ps 123:3; Ps 123:4 with accusative of person Prov 28:17.
c. id., with ב of troubles Ps 88:4*, of reproach Lam 3:30. Niph`al Participle נִשְׂבָּע sated Job 31:31. Pi`el satisfy, Imperfect 3 masculine plural יְשַׂבִּ֑עוּ Ezek 7:19 they shall not satisfy their appitite (נֶפֶשׁ; || מִלֵּא); Imperative masculine singular suffix, subject ׳י, שַׂבְּעֵנִי חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ Ps 90:14 (2 accusative). **Now (after ᵑ6 and ᵐ5 Manuscripts) reads שִבַּעְתָּ Hab 3:9, for שְׁבֻעוֺת, compare GASm; Gr Marti שְׂבֵעַת (adjective feminine construct) thy bow is sated with shafts. We thinks hopeless. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הִשְׂבִּיע Ps 107:9, ׳וְה consecutive Isa 58:11 2 feminine singular הִשְׂבַּ֫עַתְּ Ezek 27:33, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יַשְׂבִּעַנִי Job 9:18 2 masculine singular תַּשְׂבִּיעַ Isa 58:10, 1 singular וָאַשְׂבִּעַ Jer 5:7, suffix אַשְׂבִּיעֶ֑ךָּ Ps 81:17* van d. H., אַשְׂבִּיעֶ֑ךָֿ Baer Gi, etc.; Infinitive construct לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ Job 38:27 Participle מַשְׂבִּיעַ Ps 103:5; Ps 145:16 —
1.a. satisfy (especially with material blessings), subject ׳י, with acc. person Jer 5:7 (exposing men to arrogance), Isa 58:11 (accusativeנֶפֶשׁ; of refreshment in drought, ב location, figurative of help and blessing), Ps 107:9 (accusative נֶפֶשׁ; || מִלֵּא), compare Ps 103:5 (ב instrumental, on accusative see עֲדִי); with accusative of ground Job 38:27 (i.e. with rain); human subject, with accusative נֶפֶשׁ Isa 58:10
b. with accusative of food + person, ׳י subject, Ps 81:17* (|| הֶאֱכִיל), Ps 105:40; Ps 132:15; Ps 147:14 with accusative of person + אֹרֶךְ יָמִים Ps 91:16.
c. ׳י subject, accusative of thing + ל person, לְבָלחַֿי רָצוֺן ׳מַשׂ Ps 145:16.
d. ׳י subject, c accusative of beast + מִמְּךָ (of Pharaoh, in prophetic figurative) Ezek 32:4.
2. enrich subject Tyre, with accusative of a people Ezek 27:33 (|| הֶעֱשִׁיר).
3. sate, glut (with the undesired), subject ׳י, with accusative of person + ב of thing Lam 3:15, accusative of person + Job 9:18.
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Exodus | 16:8 · 16:12 |
| Deuteronomy | 6:11 · 8:10 · 8:12 · 14:29 · 26:12 · 31:20 |
| 1 Chronicles | 23:1 |
| 2 Chronicles | 24:15 · 31:10 |
| Job | 7:4 · 9:18 · 19:22 · 31:31 · 38:27 |
| Psalms | 17:14 · 17:15 · 37:19 · 59:16* · 63:6* · 65:5* · 81:17* · 88:4* · 90:14 · 91:16 · 103:5 · 104:13 · 104:16 · 104:28 · 105:40 · 107:9 · 123:3 · 123:4 · 132:15 · 145:16 · 147:14 |
| Proverbs | 1:31 · 5:10 · 12:11 · 12:14 · 14:14 · 18:20 · 20:13 · 25:16 · 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* · 44:16 · 53:11 · 58:10 · 58:11 · 66:11 |
| Jeremiah | 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 · 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 |