ἘΜΦΟΡΗΣΑΙ, ἐμφορησαι
EMPHORĒSAI, emphorēsai
Sounds Like: em-fo-RE-say
Translations: to eat one's fill, to be satisfied, to be filled
From the root: ΕΜΦΟΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to be filled or satisfied, often in the context of food or drink, but it can also be used metaphorically to describe being filled with something else, such as knowledge or experience. It describes the state of having had enough of something.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1705 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 53:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΜΦΟΡΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΜΦΟΡΕΩ — to eat one's fill, to be satisfied, to be filled, to be sated
- ΕΝΕΦΟΡΕΙΤΟ — was filled, was satisfied, was sated
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