שָׂבֵעַ
to be satisfied
also: be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘be sated’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘satisfy’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”).
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘satisfy’
Form
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms 43 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 13 times (13%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 12 times (12%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular 7 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 4 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 3 times (3%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 3 times (3%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 3 times (3%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Plural 3 times (3%)
+35 more forms (49 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 97 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H7646 appears — 93 distinct verses across 20 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Exodus 2 verses
- Exodus 16:8 לִ/שְׂבֹּ֔עַ prep + Qal inf.cs Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh."
- Exodus 16:12 תִּשְׂבְּעוּ Qal impf 2mp "I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.'"
Leviticus 1 verse
Deuteronomy 7 verses
- Deuteronomy 6:11 וְ/שָׂבָֽעְתָּ conj + Qal wpf 2ms and houses full of all good things, which you didn't fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn't plant, and you shall eat and be full;
- Deuteronomy 8:10 וְ/שָׂבָ֑עְתָּ conj + Qal wpf 2ms You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
- Deuteronomy 8:12 וְ/שָׂבָ֑עְתָּ conj + Qal wpf 2ms lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;
- Deuteronomy 11:15 וְ/שָׂבָֽעְתָּ conj + Qal wpf 2ms I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you shall eat and be full.
- Deuteronomy 14:29 וְ/שָׂבֵ֑עוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp and the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you, and the foreigner living among you, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
- Deuteronomy 26:12 וְ/שָׂבֵֽעוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp When you have made an end of tithing all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled.
- Deuteronomy 31:20 וְ/שָׂבַ֖ע conj + Qal wpf 3ms For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
Ruth 1 verse
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 24:15 וַ/יִּשְׂבַּ֥ע conj + Qal wimpf 3ms But Jehoiada grew old and was full of days, and he died; one hundred thirty years old was he when he died.
- 2 Chronicles 31:10 וְ/שָׂב֤וֹעַ conj + Qal inf.abs Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 6 verses
- Job 7:4 וְ/שָׂבַ֖עְתִּי conj + Qal wpf 1cs When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
- Job 9:18 יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗/נִי Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs He will not allow me to take my breath, But fills me with bitterness.
- Job 19:22 תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ Qal impf 2mp Why do you persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
- Job 27:14 יִשְׂבְּעוּ Qal impf 3mp If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Job 31:31 נִשְׂבָּֽע Niphal ptcp.pass ms If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
- Job 38:27 לְ/הַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ prep + Hiphil inf.cs To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, To cause the tender grass to spring forth?
Psalms 23 verses
- Psalms 17:14 יִשְׂבְּע֥וּ Qal impf 3mp From men by your hand, Yahweh, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, And they store up wealth for their children.
- Psalms 17:15 אֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה Qal coh 1cs As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
- Psalms 22:26 וְ/יִשְׂבָּ֗עוּ conj + Qal impf 3mp The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
- Psalms 37:19 יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ Qal impf 3mp They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- Psalms 59:15 יִ֝שְׂבְּע֗וּ Qal impf 3mp They shall wander up and down for food, And wait all night if they aren't satisfied.
- Psalms 63:5 תִּשְׂבַּ֣ע Qal impf 3fs My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
- Psalms 65:4 נִ֭שְׂבְּעָה Qal coh 1cp Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, That he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, Your holy temple.
- Psalms 78:29 וַ/יִּשְׂבְּע֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
- Psalms 81:16 אַשְׂבִּיעֶֽ/ךָ Hiphil impf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."
- Psalms 88:3 שָֽׂבְעָ֣ה Qal pf 3fs For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.
- Psalms 90:14 שַׂבְּעֵ֣/נוּ Piel impv 2ms + sfx pers 1cp Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
- Psalms 91:16 אַשְׂבִּיעֵ֑/הוּ Hiphil impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms I will satisfy him with long life, And show him my salvation."
- Psalms 103:5 הַ/מַּשְׂבִּ֣יַע ptcl def.art + Hiphil ptcp.act ms Who satisfies your desire with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
- Psalms 104:13 תִּשְׂבַּ֥ע Qal impf 3fs He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
- Psalms 104:16 יִ֭שְׂבְּעוּ Qal impf 3mp Yahweh's trees are well watered, The cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;
- Psalms 104:28 יִשְׂבְּע֥וּ/ן Qal impf 3mp + sfx n You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
- Psalms 105:40 יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽ/ם Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of the sky.
- Psalms 107:9 הִ֭שְׂבִּיעַ Hiphil pf 3ms For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.
- Psalms 123:3 שָׂבַ֥עְנוּ Qal pf 1cp Have mercy on us, Yahweh, have mercy on us, For we have endured much contempt.
- Psalms 123:4 שָֽׂבְעָה Qal pf 3fs Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, With the contempt of the proud.
- Psalms 132:15 אַשְׂבִּ֥יעַֽ Hiphil impf 1cs I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
- Psalms 145:16 וּ/מַשְׂבִּ֖יעַ conj + Hiphil ptcp.act ms You open your hand, And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- Psalms 147:14 יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽ/ךְ Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 2fs He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
Proverbs 15 verses
- Proverbs 1:31 יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ Qal impf 3mp Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 5:10 יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ Qal impf 3mp Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house.
- Proverbs 12:11 יִֽשְׂבַּֽע Qal impf 3ms He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, But he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
- Proverbs 12:14 יִשְׂבַּע Qal impf 3ms A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.
- Proverbs 14:14 יִ֭שְׂבַּע Qal impf 3ms The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; Likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
- Proverbs 18:20 תִּשְׂבַּ֣ע יִשְׂבָּֽע Qal impf 3fs Qal impf 3ms A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
- Proverbs 20:13 שְֽׂבַֽע Qal impv 2ms Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
- Proverbs 25:16 תִּ֝שְׂבָּעֶ֗/נּוּ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, Lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
- Proverbs 25:17 יִ֝שְׂבָּעֲ/ךָ֗ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of you, and hate you.
- Proverbs 27:20 תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה תִשְׂבַּֽעְנָה Qal impf 3fp Qal impf 3fp Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied.
- Proverbs 28:19 יִֽשְׂבַּֽע יִֽשְׂבַּֽע Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms One who works his land will have an abundance of food; But one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
- Proverbs 30:9 אֶשְׂבַּ֨ע Qal impf 1cs Lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, And so dishonor the name of my God.
- Proverbs 30:15 תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה Qal impf 3fp "The leach has two daughters: 'Give, give.' "There are three things that are never satisfied; Four that don't say, 'Enough:'
- Proverbs 30:16 שָׂ֣בְעָה Qal pf 3fs Sheol, The barren womb; The earth that is not satisfied with water; And the fire that doesn't say, 'Enough.'
- Proverbs 30:22 יִֽשְׂבַּֽע Qal impf 3ms For a servant when he is king; A fool when he is filled with food;
Ecclesiastes 4 verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 תִשְׂבַּ֥ע Qal impf 3fs All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 תִשְׂבַּ֣ע Qal impf 3fs There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10 יִשְׂבַּ֣ע Qal impf 3ms He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3 תִשְׂבַּ֣ע Qal impf 3fs If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
Isaiah 7 verses
- Isaiah 1:11 שָׂבַ֛עְתִּי Qal pf 1cs "What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats.
- Isaiah 9:20 שָׂבֵ֑עוּ Qal pf 3cp One shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
- Isaiah 44:16 וְ/יִשְׂבָּ֑ע conj + Qal impf 3ms He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied; yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
- Isaiah 53:11 יִשְׂבָּ֔ע Qal impf 3ms He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
- Isaiah 58:10 תַּשְׂבִּ֑יעַ Hiphil impf 2ms and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
- Isaiah 58:11 וְ/הִשְׂבִּ֤יעַ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make strong your bones; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don't fail.
- Isaiah 66:11 וּ/שְׂבַעְתֶּ֔ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp that you may suck and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Jeremiah 6 verses
- Jeremiah 5:7 וָ/אַשְׂבִּ֤עַ conj + Hiphil wimpf 1cs How can I pardon you? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.
- Jeremiah 31:14 יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּ Qal impf 3mp I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 44:17 וַ/נִּֽשְׂבַּֽע conj + Qal wimpf 1cp But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to 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 had we plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
- Jeremiah 46:10 וְ/שָׂ֣בְעָ֔ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
- Jeremiah 50:10 יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּ Qal impf 3mp Chaldea shall be a prey: all who prey on her shall be satisfied, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 50:19 תִּשְׂבַּ֥ע Qal impf 3fs I will bring Israel again to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and in Gilead.
Lamentations 3 verses
- Lamentations 3:15 הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥/נִי Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs He has filled me with bitterness, he has sated me with wormwood.
- Lamentations 3:30 יִשְׂבַּ֥ע Qal juss 3ms Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him; let him be filled full with reproach.
- Lamentations 5:6 לִ/שְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ prep + Qal inf.cs We have given the hand to the Egyptians, To the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Ezekiel 6 verses
- Ezekiel 7:19 יְשַׂבֵּ֔עוּ Piel impf 3mp They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
- Ezekiel 16:28 שָׂבָֽעַתְּ Qal pf 2fs You have played the prostitute also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the prostitute with them, and yet you weren't satisfied.
- Ezekiel 16:29 שָׂבָֽעַתְּ Qal pf 2fs You have moreover multiplied your prostitution to the land of merchants, to Chaldea; and yet you weren't satisfied with this.
- Ezekiel 27:33 הִשְׂבַּ֖עַתְּ Hiphil pf 2fs When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many peoples; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise.
- Ezekiel 32:4 וְ/הִשְׂבַּעְתִּ֥י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs I will leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field, and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.
- Ezekiel 39:20 וּ/שְׂבַעְתֶּ֤ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp You shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord Yahweh.
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 4:10 יִשְׂבָּ֔עוּ Qal impf 3mp They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; Because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.
- Hosea 13:6 וַ/יִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּ שָׂבְע֖וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Qal pf 3cp According to their pasture, so were they filled; They were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
Joel 2 verses
- Joel 2:19 וּ/שְׂבַעְתֶּ֖ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp Yahweh answered his people, "Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, And you will be satisfied with them; And I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
- Joel 2:26 וְ/שָׂב֔וֹעַ conj + Qal inf.abs You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, And will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And my people will never again be disappointed.
Amos 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Habakkuk 2 verses
- Habakkuk 2:5 יִשְׂבָּ֔ע Qal impf 3ms Yes, moreover, wine is treacherous. A haughty man who doesn't stay at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is like death, and can't be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all peoples.
- Habakkuk 2:16 שָׂבַ֤עְתָּ Qal pf 2ms You are filled with shame, and not glory. You will also drink, and be exposed! The cup of Yahweh's right hand will come around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“to be satisfied” is the headline sense of the Hebrew verb שבע (sâbaʻ). Its English rendering has broadened — “shall be satisfied” classically, “satisfied” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 93 verses — moderately common. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in Psalms. Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 4 stems, among them Qal and Niphal. See the sense tree, 93-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7646 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 93
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 93 distinct verses.
- 20 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 20 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #432
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 432 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 93 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Psalms 23 verses 25%
- Proverbs 15 verses 16%
- Deuteronomy 7 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 93 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 56 verses · 60%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 27 verses · 29%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 10 verses · 11%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Shall be satisfied 8×, Be satisfied 7×, Filled 4×
- American Standard Version: Be satisfied 7×, Shall be satisfied 6×, Be filled 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: Satisfied 12×, Be satisfied 8×, Satisfy 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Be satisfied 14×, Satisfied 11×, Is 5×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7646 across 95 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 50 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7646 across 94 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
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Renders H7646 across 118 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 57 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
23 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 23 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. שָׂבַע 1 Ch 23:1, וְשׂ׳ consec. Dt 31:20; 3 pl. שָׂבֵ֑עוּ Is 9:19, ושׂ׳ consec. Dt 14:29; 26:12, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׂבַּע Pr 12:11 +, 3 mpl. יִשְׂבְּעוּן ψ 104:28, etc.; Imv. שְׂבַע־ Pr 20:13; Inf. abs. שָׂבוֹעַ Jo 2:26 2 Ch 31:10; cstr. לִשְׂבֹּעַ Ex 16:8 La 5:6, לְשָׂבְעָה Hg 1:6;— e.g. 1 Chronicles 23:1
- 1. be sated (with food), especially human subj.:
- a. abs., after אָכַל, Ho 4:10; Is 9:19; Dt 8:10; Ex 16:8 (P), + 11 times, cf. Is 44:16 (‖ אָכַל); exposing men to arrogance Dt 6:11; 8:12; 31:20, cf. Ho 13:6(×2) (Isr. under fig. of cattle), Je 50:19 (id.; c. ב loc.; ‖ רָעָה graze); = have (or get) enough to eat ψ 37:19; 59:16, enough to drink Am 4:8, fig. of sword Je 46:10, of wine Hb 2:5. e.g. Hosea 4:10
- b. c. acc. of food Je 44:17; La 5:6; Ex 16:12 (P), + 6 times, cf. Ez 39:20 (of beasts, in fig.), of earth, sated with water (rain) Pr 30:16, so of trees (acc. om.) ψ 104:16, fig. of requital Pr 18:20b. e.g. Jeremiah 44:17
- c. c. מִן of food Jb 19:22 (fig.); fig. of earth having its fill (of rain) ψ 104:13, and (fig. of requital) Pr 18:20a; good sense 12:14 (del. טוֹב, so Toy), bad sense 1:31; 14:14; c. מִן of source Is 66:11 (fig.). e.g. Job 19:22
- 2. more gen., be sated, have desire satisfied:
- a. abs. Ez 16:28, 29 (i.e. with harlotry), Je 50:10 (with plunder), Is 53:11 (with a given result); of eyes Pr 27:20, of Sheʾôl and Abaddōn v 20, cf. 30:15; = have abundance Pr 30:9 (exposure to arrogance). e.g. Ezekiel 16:28
- b. c. acc., be satisfied with, have one’s fill of: Je 31:14, cf. ψ 17:15; 63:6;Pr 5:10; Ec 5:9, cf. (eye subj.) 4:8, acc. of sons ψ 17:14 (si vera l., but text dub., v. Ol Du, cf. Bae We), days of life, i.e. reach the full limit (+ זָקֵן) 1 Ch 23:1; 2 Ch 24:15. e.g. Jeremiah 31:14
- c. c. ב of goodness ψ 65:5, c. מִן id. Ec 6:3. e.g. Psalms 65:5
- d. c. ל inf., לֹא־תִשְׂבַּע עַיִן לִרְאוֹת Ec 1:8 (‖ מָלֵא). e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:8
- 3. have in excess, be surfeited with:
- a. lit., with honey (acc.) Pr 25:16. e.g. Proverbs 25:16
- b. fig. = be weary of, c. acc. of offerings Is 1:11 (subj. י׳), tossings Jb 7:4, poverty Pr 28:19, shame Hb 2:16, contempt ψ 123:3, 4, c. acc. pers. Pr 25:17. e.g. Isaiah 1:11
- c. id., c. ב of troubles ψ 88:4, of reproach La 3:30. e.g. Psalms 88:4
Niphal
- Pt. נִשְׂבָּע sated Jb 31:31. e.g. Job 31:31
Piel
- satisfy, Impf. 3 mpl. יְשַׂבֵּ֑עוּ Ez 7:19 they shall not satisfy their appetite (נֶפֶשׁ; ‖ מִלֵּא); Imv. ms. sf., subj. י׳, שַׂבְּעֵנוּ חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ ψ 90:14 (2 acc.). e.g. Ezekiel 7:19
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הִשְׂבִּיעַ ψ 107:9, וְה׳ consec. Is 58:11; 2 fs. הִשְׂבַּ֫עַתְּ Ez 27:33, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יַשְׂבִּעַנִי Jb 9:18, 2 ms. תַּשְׂבִּיעַ Is 58:10, 1 s. וָאַשְׂבִּעַ Je 5:7, sf. אַשְׂבִּיעֶ֑ךָּ ψ 81:17 van d. H., אַשְׂבִּיעֶ֑ךָֿ Baer Gi, etc.; Inf. cstr. לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ Jb 38:27; Pt. מַשְׂבִּיעַ ψ 103:5; 145:16;— e.g. Psalms 107:9
- 1.
- a. satisfy (especially with material blessings), subj. י׳, c. acc. pers. Je 5:7 (exposing men to arrogance), Is 58:11 (acc. נֶפֶשׁ; of refreshment in drought, ב loc., fig. of help and blessing), ψ 107:9 (acc. נֶפֶשׁ; ‖ מִלֵּא), cf. 103:5 (ב instr., on acc. v. עֲדִי); c. acc. of ground Jb 38:27 (i.e. with rain); human subj., c. acc. נֶפֶשׁ Is 58:10. e.g. Jeremiah 5:7
- b. c. acc. of food + pers., י׳ subj., ψ 81:17 (‖ הֶאֱכִיל), 105:40; 132:15; 147:14; c. acc. pers. + אֹרֶךְ יָמִים 91:16. e.g. Psalms 81:17
- c. י׳ subj., acc. rei + ל pers., מַשׂ׳ לְכָל־חַי רָצוֹן ψ 145:16. e.g. Psalms 145:16
- d. י׳ subj., c. acc. of beasts + מִמְּךָ (of Pharaoh, in prophetic fig.) Ez 32:4. e.g. Ezekiel 32:4
- 2. enrich, subj. Tyre, c. acc. gent. Ez 27:33 (‖ הֶעֱשִׁיר). e.g. Ezekiel 27:33
- 3. sate, glut (with the undesired), subj. י׳, c. acc. pers. + ב rei La 3:15, acc. pers. + rei Jb 9:18. e.g. Lamentations 3:15
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. be sated, satisfied, surfeited (NH (der. spec.) = BH; so Assyrian šebû, Arabic شَبِعَ, Aramaic סְבַע, ܣܒܰܥ, Palm. שבע; the Ethiopic vb. of same meaning is ጸግበ: );—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שֶׁבַע
- (b. h.) seven. Snh. V, 1, v. חֲקִירָה. Ib. 3 בש׳ (sub שעות) at seven hours of the day. Ab. V, 7. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) ש׳ מש׳ seven times seven; a. v. fr.—בנות ש׳, ברת ש׳, v. בַּת I a. בְּרַת I.—Esp. שִׁבְעָה (sub. ימים) Shib ah, the seven days of mourning for a near relative. M. Kat. 20ᵃ, v. שְׁלֹשָׁה; a. fr.—Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᶜ; v. שָׁמַר.—Pl. שִׁבְעִים seventy. Snh. V, 5 עד ש׳ ואחד (add to the members of the court,) until they number seventy-one. Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ אחת לש׳ שנה once every seventy years; a. v. fr.
שְׁבַע
- Targ. Gen. V, 7. Ib. IV, 24 (O. ed. Vien. שִׁבְעָה). Ib. XXIX, 27. Targ. Y. II, Num. XI, 26 שׁוֹבְעָתֵי; a. fr.—Y. Kil. IV, beg. 29ᵃ חמש שורין מן שו׳ שו׳ five rows of seven trees each. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ bot. אלו שגזרו … שובעה אינון those laws which they decreed by majority of votes, were seven; a. fr.—Pl. שַׁבְעִין, שִׁבְ׳, שׁוּבְ׳ seventy. Targ. Gen. V, 12; a. fr.
שָׁבַע
- , Nif. נִשְׁבַּע (b. h.) to be sworn, to swear. Shebu. III, 6 נ׳ לבטל וכ׳ if a person swears that he will omit to perform a commandment. Ib. VI, 4 אין נִשְׁבָּעִין על וכ׳ no oath is imposed in refutation of a claim of a deaf and mute, or of an insane person, or of a minor, nor do we administer an oath to a (claimant) minor, אבל נשבעין לקטן וכ׳ but you must make oath when suing a minor or the sacred treasury. Ib. 7 ומי נ׳ מי … שמא יִשָּׁבַע זה וכ׳ which of them is first admitted to an oath? He with whom the (lost) pledge was deposited, lest this one (the debtor) swear (to the value of the pledge), and the other produce the pledge (and prove him a perjurer). Ib. VII, 1 כל הנשבעין שבתורה נשבעין וכ׳ all those bound to swear according to Biblical law swear and are free from payment, but the following swear and receive (are awarded their claim). Ib. 32ᵇ ואינו יכול לִישָּׁבֵעַ, v. שְׁבוּעָה; a. fr.
- to adjure; to impose, administer an oath. Ib. IV, 3 אמרו אין אנו … מַשְׁבִּיעַ אני עליכם וכ׳ if they say, we know no testimony in thy case, (and he says,) I adjure you, and they say, Amen: they are guilty (if they could testify). Ib. ה׳ עליהן … חוץ וכ׳ if he adjured them five times out of court, and coming before court they confess (that they know testimony), they are acquitted. Ib. VIII, 2 מַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ אני וכ׳ I adjure thee, and he says, Amen. Ib. 29ᵃ; 39ᵃ, a. e. וכשמַשְׁבִּיעִין אותו … אנו משביעין אותך וכ׳ and when the court administers an oath to him, they say to him, know that we cause thee to swear not in thy sense, but in the sense of God and in the sense of the court; a. fr.—Part. pass. מוּשְׁבָּע; pl. מוּשְׁבָּעִין. Ib. 31ᵃ מ׳ מפי עצמו one who is sworn on his own demand (in his own case); מ׳ מפי אחרים one who is sworn on other people’s demands (as a supposed witness that claims ignorance). Ib. III, 6 הרשות שאינו מ׳ עליה מהר סיני a religiously indifferent act, on which he is not sworn from Mount Sinai; מצוה שהוא מ׳ וכ׳ a religious act on which he is sworn &c. Ib. 21ᵇ; 22ᵇ, v. סִינַי; a. fr.
שְׁבַע II
- Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּבַּע, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּבַע, אִישְּׁבַע as preced. Nif. Targ. Lev. V, 22; 24. Targ. Jer. V, 2; a. fr.— Shebu. 29ᵃ ודילמא … וכי קא מִשְׁתַּבַּע אדעתא דיריה א׳ perhaps that man saw a huge bird and called it gamla (camel), and when he swore (that he saw a camel fly in the air), he swore in his sense. Ib. דכי קא משתבע … קא משתבע so that when he swears (that he has paid the money), he swears to the truth in his sense (having given him tokens, v. אִיסְקוּנְדְּרֵי). Ib. 32ᵇ אי … הוה מִשְׁתַּבַּעְנָא וכ if thou hadst come and testified for me, I should have been assigned an oath and received my claim; מי יימר דמִשְׁתַּבְּעַת who can say that thou wouldst have made oath? Ib. לִישְׁתַּבַּע shall he be admitted to an oath? Ib. 26ᵃ ואנא בשיקרא אִישְׁתַּבְּעִי and have I sworn falsely?; a. fr.
- as preced. Hif. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XIII, 19 [read:] מִשְׁבָּע אַשְׁבַּע. Targ. Cant. II, 7. Targ. Cant. II, 4; a. e.—Shebu. 36ᵃ אַשְׁבְּעִינְהוּ ולייטינהו he made them swear, and also pronounced a curse upon them. Ib. 41ᵃ לא מַשְׁבְּעִינָן ליה we do not put him to an oath; a. fr.
שָׂבֵעַ I
- next w.) sated, filled, satisfied. Gitt. 56ᵃ יוצא כשהוא ש׳, v. רָעֵב I. Lev. R. s. 34 לשְׂבֵעוֹ וכ׳, v. רָעֵב I; a. fr.—Pl. שְׂבֵעִים, שְׂבֵעִין, שְׂבֵי׳. Joma 74ᵇ סומין … ואינו ש׳ blind persons eat and are not satisfied. Taan. 10ᵇ אל תראו עצמיכם בפני בני עשו … כאילו אתם ש׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) make no show of your plenty before the sons of Esau or of Ishmael, lest they envy you; Yalk. Gen. 148; a. e.—Fem. שְׂבֵעָה, שְׂבֵי׳. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ top the Lord allows the righteous in this world to see their (future) reward, ונפשם ש׳ וכ׳ and they feel satisfied and go to sleep; a. e.—Pl. שְׂבֵעוֹת, שְׂבֵי׳. Midr. Sam. ch. XIII (ref. to I Sam. IX, 12, sq.) וכל האורך הזה … ולא היו ש׳ ממנו why this lengthy speech? It intimates that they looked at the beauty of Saul and could not see enough of it; a. e. e.g. 1 Samuel 9:12
שָׂבֵעַ II
- to be filled, to have plenty, be satisfied. Sabb. 113ᵇ (ref. to Ruth II, 14) ותאכל בעולם הזה ותִשְׂבַּע וכ׳ she (Israel) will eat in this world, will have plenty in the Messianic days, and leave over for the hereafter. Succ. 52ᵇ, v. רָעֵב II; a. e. e.g. Ruth 2:14
- to satisfy. Gen. R. s. 76, end כדי להַשְׂבִּיעַ עיניו וכ׳ in order to satisfy the eyes of the wicked man. Y. Keth. V, 30ᵇ הִשְׂבִּיעָתוֹ; Succ. l. c. מַשְׂבִּיעוֹ, v. רָעֵב II. Snh. 100ᵃ; a. fr.—Ib. 29ᵇ אדם עשוי שלא להשביע את עצמו man is wont not to declare himself wealthy (to disclaim wealth, by saying that he is in debt, even if he is not); כשם שאדם … שלא להשביע את בניו as man is wont to disclaim wealth for himself, so is he likely to disclaim it for his heirs (therefore an ante-mortem confession of indebtedness does not establish a claim against heirs).
- same.—Part. pass. מְשׂוּבָּע. Lev. R. s. 29 (play on השביעי, Lev. XXIII, 24) שהוא מש׳ בכל וכ׳ a month which is plentiful in every thing &c. e.g. Leviticus 23:24
- to be satiated, sick. Num. R. s. 14 עתיד להִשְׂתַּבּעַ, v. סִיג I.
שְׂבַע
- , to be satisfied, saturated. Targ. O. Ex. XVI, 8 למִיסְבַּע ed. Berl. (ed. Amst. למִישְׂ׳); Y. למִשְׂבּוֹעַ. Targ. Ps. CIV, 16 (Ms. ס׳); a. fr.—Part. שְׂבִיעַ, שְׂבַע, סְ׳; f. שָׂבְעָא, סָ׳. Targ. Prov. XXX, 22 דשביע ed. Lag. (Ms. דסביע; ed. Wil. דיִשְׂבַּע). Targ. Job XLII, 17. Targ. Gen. XXV, 8. Targ. Prov. XXVII, 7; a. fr.—Pesik. R. s. 16; Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 57ᵇ, a. e., v. רְוֵי; a. e.
- ; Af. אַשְׂבַּע, אַסְ׳ to satisfy. Targ. Ps. XC, 14. Ib. CVII, 9; a. fr.—Taan. 24ᵃ רחמנא לִישַׂבְּעָךְ … דאַשְׂבְּעָן ברך the Lord satisfy thee, as thy son has satisfied us. Yoma 79ᵇ שַׂבּוּעֵי מְשַׂבְּעא is enough to satisfy the appetite. Gitt. 70ᵃ תמרי מְשַׂבְּעַן וכ׳ dates satisfy, heat &c.; Keth. 10ᵇ; a. e.
- (cmp. צָבָה) to be swollen. Esth. R. to III, 14 א׳ קרסוליה (omitted in Yalk. ib. 1056) his ankle was swollen.
שָׂבָע
- , v. שׂוֹבַע, שׂוֹבְעָא, a. סִבְעָא.
שׂוֹבַע
- plenty, satiation. Ber. 55ᵃ שלשה דברים … רעב וש׳ וכ׳ three things does the Lord himself announce: famine, plenty, and a good leader. Tosef. Pes. V, 3 חגיגה … פסח נאכל בש׳ (Var. על הש׳) the pilgrim’s sacrifice … must be eaten first, so that the Passover offering be eaten after the appetite is satisfied; Y. ib. VI, 33ᶜ לָשׂבַע; Bab. ib. 70ᵃ על השבע. Gen. R. s. 91 שני השָ׳ the years of plenty. Snh. 97ᵃ ש׳ ואינו ש׳ plenty and no plenty (partial plenty); ש׳ גדול general plenty; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 83 distinct written forms H7646 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 23 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7646, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 83 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 93 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 16:8
- Leviticus 26:26
- Deuteronomy 6:11
- Ruth 2:14
- 1 Chronicles 23:1
- 2 Chronicles 24:15
- Job 7:4
- Psalms 17:14
- Proverbs 1:31
- Ecclesiastes 1:8
- Isaiah 1:11
- Jeremiah 5:7
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
