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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (a.) In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to gratify fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for.

2. (v.) To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.

3. (v.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.

4. (v.) To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.

5. (v. i.) To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.

6. (v. i.) To make payment or atonement; to atone.

Greek
5526. chortazo -- to feed, fatten, fill, satisfy
... to feed, fatten, fill, satisfy. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chortazo Phonetic
Spelling: (khor-tad'-zo) Short Definition: I feed, satisfy Definition: I ...
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1705. empiplemi -- to fill up, by impl. to satisfy
... to satisfy. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: empiplemi Phonetic Spelling:
(em-pip'-lay-mee) Short Definition: I fill up, satisfy Definition: I fill up ...
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2880. korennumi -- to satisfy
... to satisfy. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: korennumi Phonetic Spelling:
(kor-en'-noo-mee) Short Definition: I fill, feed full Definition: I fill, sate ...
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1705a. empiplemi -- to fill up, by impl. to satisfy
... to satisfy. Transliteration: empiplemi Short Definition: filled. ... to satisfy NASB
Word Usage enjoyed (1), filled (2), satisfying (1), well-fed (1). 1705, 1705a ...
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1422b. duskolos -- hard to satisfy with food, hence generally hard ...
... 1422a, 1422b. duskolos. 1423 . hard to satisfy with food, hence generally hard
to please, difficult. Transliteration: duskolos Short Definition: hard. ...
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2425. hikanos -- sufficient, fit
... enough (1), fit (4), good many (1), large (1), large sum (1), length* (1), long
(5), long while (1), many (9), number (1), pledge (1), satisfy* (1), sizeable (1 ...
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4135. plerophoreo -- to bring in full measure, to fulfill
... o) Short Definition: I carry out fully, fully convince Definition: (lit: I carry
full), (a) I complete, carry out fully, (b) I fully convince, satisfy fully, (c ...
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4160. poieo -- to make, do
... 11), practicing (1), present (1), proceeding (1), produce (3), produced (1), produces
(2), producing (1), provide (1), put (1), satisfy* (1), setting (1), show ...
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4137. pleroo -- to make full, to complete
... pleres; to make replete, ie (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or
(figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an ...
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1884. eparkeo -- accursed
... 1884 (from 1909 , ", fitting" intensifying 714 , "suffice, satisfy") -- properly,
"make sufficient" by supplying help, ie sharing aid that is ("apt, meet"). ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7301. ravah -- to be saturated, drink one's fill
... fill NASB Word Usage drench (1), drink (1), drink its fill (1), drink our fill
(1), fill (2), filled (1), made me drunk (1), satiated (1), satisfy (2), soaked ...
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4390. male -- to be full, to fill
... 4), ordained* (4), ordination* (1), overflowing* (1), overflows* (1), passed (1),
presume* (1), refresh (1), required (2), satisfied (1), satisfy (2), set (1 ...
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7646. saba -- to be sated, satisfied or surfeited
... excess (1), have abundance (1), have enough (2), have plenty (2), plenty (1), ripe*
(1), satiated (2), satisfied (49), satisfies (2), satisfy (10), saturates (1 ...
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7654. sobah -- satiety
... Word Origin from saba Definition satiety NASB Word Usage abundant (1), glutted
(1), satisfied (2), satisfied* (1), sufficient (1), what does not satisfy (1). ...
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1878. dashen -- to be fat, grow fat
... A primitive root; to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically
to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; denominatively (from deshen) to ...
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7648. soba -- satiety, abundance
... Origin from saba Definition satiety, abundance NASB Word Usage abundance (1), fill
(1), full (2), fullness (1), fully satisfied (1), satisfied (1), satisfy (1 ...
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7521. ratsah -- to be pleased with, accept favorably
... A primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt -- (be)
accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self ...
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5117. nuach -- to rest
... 6), put it aside (1), put down (1), put aside (1), remain (3), resides (1), rest
(14), rested (6), resting (1), rests (2), rid themselves (2), satisfy (1), set ...
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7737a. shavah -- to agree with, be like, resemble
... 1), compare (1), compares (1), composed (2), equal (1), interest (1), level (1),
like (1), liken (1), make me equal (1), placed (1), proper (1), satisfy (1). ...
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Library

Whether a Man Can Satisfy for one Sin Without Satisfying for ...
... OF THE QUALITY OF SATISFACTION (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether a man can satisfy
for one sin without satisfying for another? Objection 1 ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a man can satisfy.htm

Can There be Found Anywhere, One, who is a Mere Creature, Able to ...
... The Second Part"Of Man's Deliverance. Lord's Day 5 Question 14 Can there be found
anywhere, one, who is a mere creature, able to satisfy for us? ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 14 can there be.htm

Do You Know Yourself?
... ourselves. The animal instinctively knows that the gnawing pain in its stomach
is a hunger for food, and immediately seeks to satisfy it. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk fifty-six do you know.htm

Praying with Desire
... These inspiring words of Jesus disclose that He has obligated Himself to satisfy
the incessant and insistent desires of His praying people. ...
/.../anderson/prayer availeth much/chapter 6 praying with desire.htm

Moses Despondent
... Like them, we wander hungry, and need a Leader who can satisfy our desires and evermore
give us bread for our souls even more than for our bodies. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/moses despondent.htm

The Great Proclamation
... And just as the necessities of the animal life are incapable of being misunderstood,
and the objects which will satisfy them incapable of being confused or ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the great proclamation.htm

Letter xxv. (Circa AD 1127) to the Same
... Bernard, being hindered by many occupations, has not yet been able to find time
to satisfy his wishes, and is obliged even to write to him very briefly. ...
/.../some letters of saint bernard abbot of clairvaux/letter xxv circa a d 1127.htm

But I Beg You to Listen Patiently as I Follow Him in his Continual ...
... in all that he says of them, for it is so much that I should have to write many
volumes if I tried to exhaust it"but as much as will satisfy the reader that ...
/.../35 but i beg you.htm

Preface.
... in the desert of Scete, which we composed somehow or other at the bidding of Saints
Helladius and Leontius the Bishops, [1683] were able to satisfy your faith ...
//christianbookshelf.org/cassian/the conferences of john cassian/preface.htm

Waiting on God
... want more of God. Do not speak to me only of the beautiful truth there
is in the Bible. That cannot satisfy me. I want God." In ...
//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the masters indwelling/iii waiting on god.htm

Thesaurus
Satisfy (32 Occurrences)
... 2. (v.) To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to
satisfy a creditor. ... Multi-Version Concordance Satisfy (32 Occurrences). ...
/s/satisfy.htm - 16k

Appetite (22 Occurrences)
...satisfy the appetite (life) of the young lions?" Twice (Proverbs 23:2 Ecclesiastes
6:7; also Isaiah 56:11, the King James Version margin) it is a translation ...
/a/appetite.htm - 15k

Feed (117 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Fee. 2. (vt) To give food to; to
supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of. ...
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Desolate (189 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:33 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in
a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?" (See NAS). ...
/d/desolate.htm - 38k

Fling (5 Occurrences)
... 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 ...
/f/fling.htm - 9k

Remote (17 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:33 "Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this
remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?" (WEY NIV). ...
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Deserted (54 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:33 The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves
in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?" (WEB). ...
/d/deserted.htm - 22k

Pay (212 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service
rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to ...
/p/pay.htm - 37k

Content (30 Occurrences)
... 5. (v.) To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease
or quiet; to gratify; to please. 6. (v.) To satisfy...
/c/content.htm - 17k

Avail (15 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AVAIL. a-val' shawah, ("to be equal," hence "to
be enough," "to avail"): Used in the sense of "satisfy" (Esther 5:13). ...
/a/avail.htm - 11k

Resources
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Satisfy (32 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:33
The disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?"
(WEB WEY DBY WBS NAS)

Matthew 28:14
"And if this," they added, "is reported to the Governor, we will satisfy him and screen you from punishment."
(WEY RSV NIV)

Mark 8:4
His disciples answered him, "From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?"
(WEB KJV WEY DBY WBS NAS)

Mark 15:15
So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the mob, released Barabbas for them, and after scourging Jesus handed Him over for crucifixion.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 1:10
For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ's bondman.
(DBY)

2 Timothy 2:4
Every one who serves as a soldier keeps himself from becoming entangled in the world's business--so that he may satisfy the officer who enlisted him.
(WEY RSV)

2 Timothy 4:3
For a time is coming when they will not tolerate wholesome instruction, but, wanting to have their ears tickled, they will find a multitude of teachers to satisfy their own fancies;
(WEY)

1 John 3:19
And in this way we shall come to know that we are loyal to the truth, and shall satisfy our consciences in His presence
(WEY)

Exodus 16:8
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."
(WEB)

Deuteronomy 23:24
When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest satisfy thy appetite with grapes at thy own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
(WBS)

Esther 5:13
Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
(See NAS)

Job 38:27
to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to spring forth?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 38:39
"Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 81:16
But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."
(WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 90:14
Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 91:16
I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 132:15
I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 145:16
You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
(WEB YLT NAS NIV)

Proverbs 5:19
A loving doe and a graceful deer- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Proverbs 6:30
Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 13:25
The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Isaiah 55:2
Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 58:10
and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then your light shall rise in darkness, and your obscurity be as the noonday;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 58:11
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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 5:7
For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 31:25
For I have satiated the weary soul, And every grieved soul I have filled.'
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 5:13
Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them.
(See JPS DBY NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 7:19
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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 16:42
So will I cause my wrath toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
(See JPS RSV)

Ezekiel 21:17
I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
(See JPS DBY RSV)

Ezekiel 32:4
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.
(WEB ASV NAS)

Joel 2:19
Let Jehovah answer and say to His people, 'Lo, I am sending to you the corn, And the new wine, and the oil, And ye have been satisfied with it, And I make you no more a reproach among nations,
(See NIV)

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