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Enough

ENOUGH, Satis. The Latin word Satis, which signifies Enough, is often placed for the Hebrew, Meod, which sig-

1 Sam. xxv. 15.nifies much. For example, Homines isti boni satis fuerunt nobis; the Hebrew, valde boni. And elsewhere: Bellum durum satis fuit; and the Hebrew, Bellum durum usque ad valde. And in Isaiah; ne irascaris Domine satis; the Hebrew2 Sam. ii. 17. Isa. lxiv. 9. Ezek. xxxiv. 18., ne irascaris ad multum. And Ezekiel; Nonne satis erat vobis pascua bona depasci? the Hebrew, Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pastures? And chap. xlvii. v. 9. Pisces multi satis; the Hebrew, a very great multitude of fish. And in Zechary ix. 9. Exulta satis, filia Sion; the Hebrew, Exulta valde. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion.

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