שָׂבֵעַ sava

Hebrew word for “to satisfy” · Strong’s H7646 · used 97 times in 93 verses

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Meaning

1) to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited;

How it is translated

Glosses given for sava in context, with how often each is used:

• satisfied 32
• will be satisfied 31
• will satisfy 7
• will be surfeited 2
• satisfy 2
• may be satisfied 2
• satisfies 2
• have been surfeited 2
• should be satisfied 2
• should be surfeited with 2
• have been satisfied 1
• surfeits 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 30 (4), Psalms 104 (3), Exodus 16 (2), Deuteronomy 8 (2), Psalms 17 (2), Psalms 123 (2), Proverbs 12 (2), Proverbs 25 (2), Isaiah 58 (2), Jeremiah 50 (2)

Forms

• ישׂבעו 12
• ישׂבע 11
• תשׂבע 8
• ושׂבעת 4
• וישׂבעו 4
• תשׂבעו 3
• שׂבעה 3
• תשׂבענה 3
• ושׂבעתם 3
• שׂבעת 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sava more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 25
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 13
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 13
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 10
• פֶּן־ pen “lest” 6
• בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 6
• טוּב tuv “goodness” 4
• שְׁאוֹל sheol “hell” 4
• חֵלֶב chelev “fat” 4
• מָלֵא male “to fill” 5
• רָוָה ravah “to quench” 3
• פְּרִי peri “fruit” 4

Key verses

The verses using sava that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid they are full of…
• Psalms 17:15 — As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
• Psalms 63:5 — My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
• Proverbs 30:9 — Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
• Isaiah 1:11 — To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight…
• Isaiah 53:11 — He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
• Isaiah 58:11 — And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring…
• Jeremiah 5:7 — How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed…
• Jeremiah 44:17 — But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her,…
• Jeremiah 50:19 — And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
• Joel 2:26 — And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be…
• Habakkuk 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.