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satisfy

Meaning of “satisfy”

To gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
10 occurrences10 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 38:27

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “satisfy”

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Psalms 90:14
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 90:14 · retained source text

O satisfie vs early with thy mercie: that we may reioyce, and be glad all our dayes.

Psalms 91:16
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 91:16 · retained source text

With long life wil I satisfie him: and shew him my saluation.

1611 marginal noteHeb. length of dayes.

Psalms 132:15
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 132:15 · retained source text

I will abundantly blesse her prouision: I will satisfie her poore with bread.

1611 marginal noteOr, surely.

Proverbs 5:19
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 5:19 · retained source text

Let her bee as the louing Hinde and pleasant Roe, let her breasts satisfie thee at all times, and be thou rauisht alwayes with her loue.

1611 marginal noteHeb. water thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. erre thou alwayes in her loue.

Proverbs 6:30
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 6:30 · retained source text

Men doe not despise a thiefe, if he steale to satisfie his soule, when hee is hungry:

Isaiah 58:10
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 58:10 · retained source text

And if thou draw out thy soule to the hungry, and satisfie the afflicted soule: then shall thy light rise in obscuritie, and thy darkenesse be as the noone day.

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 of water, whose waters fail not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 58:11 · retained source text

And the LORD shal guide thee continually, and satisfie thy soule in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters faile not.

1611 marginal noteHebr. droughts.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lye, or deceiue.

Ezekiel 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 7:19 · retained source text

They shall cast their siluer in the streets, and their golde shalbe remooued: their siluer and their golde shall not be able to deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfie their soules, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumbling blocke of their iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for a separation or vncleannesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, because their iniquitie is their stumbling blocke.

1611 marginal noteProu.11.4. zeph.1.18. ecclus. 5.8.

Mark 8:4
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 8:4 · retained source text

And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfie these men with bread here in the wildernes?

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 522