Topical Encyclopedia
The term "sated" refers to being fully satisfied or filled, often in the context of food or drink, but it can also extend to other desires or needs. In the biblical context, being sated can have both positive and negative connotations, depending on the circumstances and the heart attitude of the individuals involved.
Old Testament ContextIn the Old Testament, the concept of being sated is often associated with God's provision and blessing. For example, in
Deuteronomy 6:11, God promises the Israelites that they will inhabit a land with "houses full of every good thing," vineyards, and olive trees that they did not plant, and they will eat and be satisfied. This satisfaction is a sign of God's abundant provision and faithfulness to His covenant promises.
However, the state of being sated can also lead to complacency and forgetfulness of God. In
Deuteronomy 8:10-14, Moses warns the Israelites that when they have eaten and are satisfied, they must be careful not to forget the Lord who brought them out of Egypt. The danger lies in becoming self-reliant and prideful, attributing their prosperity to their own efforts rather than recognizing it as a gift from God.
Wisdom LiteratureThe wisdom literature of the Bible also addresses the concept of being sated.
Proverbs 27:7 states, "A satisfied soul loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet." This proverb highlights the idea that when one is sated, even the sweetest things lose their appeal, whereas a person who is hungry finds satisfaction in even the simplest of provisions. This reflects a deeper spiritual truth about contentment and the dangers of overindulgence.
Prophetic WritingsThe prophets often use the imagery of being sated to describe the spiritual state of Israel. In
Jeremiah 31:14, God promises, "I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and My people will be satisfied with My goodness," declares the LORD. Here, being sated is a metaphor for spiritual fulfillment and the satisfaction that comes from a right relationship with God.
Conversely, the prophets also warn of the consequences of being sated with the wrong things. In
Isaiah 55:2, the Lord questions, "Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?" This verse calls the people to seek true satisfaction in God rather than in material wealth or idolatrous practices.
New Testament ContextIn the New Testament, the theme of being sated is often linked to spiritual fulfillment in Christ. Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, declares, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled" (
Matthew 5:6). Here, the promise is that those who earnestly seek God's righteousness will be truly satisfied.
The feeding of the 5,000, as recorded in
John 6, also illustrates this theme. After Jesus miraculously provides food for the multitude, He teaches that He is the "bread of life" and that whoever comes to Him will never go hungry, and whoever believes in Him will never be thirsty (
John 6:35). This points to the ultimate satisfaction found in a relationship with Christ, which transcends physical needs.
Spiritual ImplicationsThe biblical concept of being sated serves as a reminder of the importance of seeking satisfaction in God alone. While physical needs and desires are part of human existence, true fulfillment comes from a relationship with the Creator. The Scriptures encourage believers to find their contentment in God's provision and to guard against the dangers of complacency and idolatry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(
imp. & p. p.) of Sate.
Greek
85. ademoneo -- to be distressed... to be distressed, troubled. From a derivative of adeo (to be
sated to loathing);
to be in distress (of mind) -- be full of heaviness, be very heavy.
...Strong's Hebrew
7649. sabea --sated, satisfied, surfeited... 7648, 7649. sabea. 7650 .
sated, satisfied, surfeited. Transliteration:
sabea Phonetic Spelling: (saw-bay'-ah) Short Definition: full.
...3780. kasah -- to besated or gorged (with food)
... 3779, 3780. kasah. 3781 . to besated or gorged (with food). Transliteration:
kasah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-saw') Short Definition: sleek. Word Origin a prim...
7646. saba -- to besated, satisfied or surfeited
... saba or sabea. 7647 . to besated, satisfied or surfeited. Transliteration: saba
or sabea Phonetic Spelling: (saw-bah') Short Definition: satisfied....
1878. dashen -- to be fat, grow fat
... greasy (1), become prosperous (1), find your acceptable (1), made fat (1), prosper
(1), prosperous (1), puts fat (1), removing its ashes (1),sated (1), take...
7302. raveh -- watered
... drunkenness, watered. From ravah;sated (with drink) -- drunkenness, watered. see
HEBREW ravah. 7301, 7302. raveh. 7303 . Strong's Numbers.
Library
Preface. --The Knowledge of God is to be Sought from God.
... Christ, O Lord my God, I groan among Thy poor, give me out of Thy bread to answer
men who do not hunger and thirst after righteousness, but aresated and abound...
On the Life and Poetic Genius of Edward Young.
... He has been compared to a lady disappointed in love, taking the veil; and, rather
inconsistently with this figure, to asated sensualist becoming an anchorite....
Letter xv. --To Adelphius the Lawyer .
... this caused me yet more surprise, that while the neighbouring country shows fruit
still unripe, one might here enjoy the full clusters, and besated with their...
And Bring us not into Temptation but Deliver us from Evil
... vice to increase to a certain extent, suffering it even to be aggravated in them
to the verge of incurableness, in order that they may besated through long...
The Love of Rameses
... Because he issated with submission; because he hath drunk satiety to its very dregs;
because he hath been denied the healing hunger of appetite, ambition...
Book vii. On the Useful or the Ordinary
... head. [Ps.88(89):21(20); Ps.140(141):5]. Pork is sin; in the psalm: they
aresated with pork. [Ps.16(17):14 (unknown variant)]. Yeast...
Humbly Inscribed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, one of his...
... With lustre, and with noise! has Death proclaim'd. A truce, and hung hissated lance
on high? 'Tis brandish'd still; nor shall the present year....
Book v. --General Reply to Sundry of Marcion's Heresies.
... Nuptial embraces would he, in that case. Havesated quite; [1642] made men grow
torpid, reft. Of fruitful seed; made irksome intercourse....
Jesus Christ in his Incarnation and Work a More Imitable Example...
... contumelies likewise? [9030] Nay, but, when about to depart, He wished
to besated with the pleasure of patience. He is spitted...
The Physical Tendencies of Fasting and Feeding Considered the...
... God; in that the People, though fatter than he, could not constantly contemplate
even Moses himself, fed as he had been upon God, nor his leanness,sated as it...
Thesaurus
Sated (16 Occurrences)... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Sate. Multi-Version Concordance
Sated (16 Occurrences). Exodus 15:9 The enemy said, I will
...Unsheath (1 Occurrence)
... Exodus 15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
my soul shall besated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall...
Full (1047 Occurrences)
... 4. (Compar.)Sated; surfeited. 5. (Compar.) Having the mind filled with
ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information....
Dispossess (44 Occurrences)
... Exodus 15:9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;
my soul shall besated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall...
Bitter (203 Occurrences)
... In Lamentations 3:15 the same word is used: "He hath filled me with bitterness merorim,
he hathsated me with wormwood." Here the parallelism with "wormwood...
Satellites (1 Occurrence)
Satchels (1 Occurrence)
Sad (73 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.)Sated; satisfied; weary; tired. 2.
(superl.) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard. 3. (superl...
Satiate (3 Occurrences)
... to satiate appetite or sense. 2. (a.) Filled to satiety; glutted;sated; --
followed by with or of. 3. (vt) To full beyond natural...
Wormwood (10 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). Lamentations 3:15 He has filled me with
bitterness, he hassated me with wormwood. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)....
Resources
How can I get rid of lustful thoughts? | GotQuestions.orgSated: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.comBible Concordance •
Bible Dictionary •
Bible Encyclopedia •
Topical Bible •
Bible Thesuarus
