Quick Definition
χορτάζω v. I feed, satisfy
Strong's Definition
from 5528; to fodder, i.e. (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance)
KJV Usage: feed, fill, satisfy
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | χόρτασμα · χόρτος
23.16 · Physiological Processes and States · Eat, Drink
to cause to eat one’s fill, to satisfy with food to cause to eat so as to become satisfied In some languages one may translate χορτάζω in MAT 15:33 as ‘to cause to have as much as they wanted’ or ‘to give them food so that they didn’t want any more.’
In MAT 5:6 (ὅτι αὐτοὶ χορτασθήσονται ‘because they will be satisfied’) the occurrence of χορτάζω should be interpreted as figurative, for it does not have specific reference to being satisfied with food (see 25.82).
MAT 14:20 · MAT 15:33 · MAT 15:37 · MRK 8:4 · LUK 9:17 · PHP 4:12 · JAS 2:16
23.15 · (χορτάζομαι[a]) · Physiological Processes and States · Eat, Drink
to eat one’s fill to eat, resulting in a state of being satisfied One may render ‘were satisfied’ as ‘had all you wanted to eat’ or ‘did not want to eat any more.’
MRK 6:42 · MRK 7:27 · MRK 8:8 · LUK 16:21 · JHN 6:26 · REV 19:21
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χορτάζω: 1 aor. éydptaca; 1 aor. pass. ἐχορτάσθην ; fut. pass. χορτασθήσομαι; (χόρτος, q. v-); first in Hesiod (opp. 450) ; a. to feed with herbs, grass, hay, to fill or salisfy with food, to fatten; animals (so uniformly in the earlier Grk. writ. [ef. Bp. Lghtft. on Phil. iv. 12; W. 23]): ὄρνεα ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν, pass. Rev. xix. 21 [here A.V. were filled]. b. in later (cf. Sturz, Dial. Maced. and Alex. p. 200 sqq.) and Biblical Greek, to fill or satisfy men (Sept. for pay and yravn; with some degree of contempt in Plat. de rep. 9 p. 586 a. κεκυφότες εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς τραπέζας βόσκονται χορταζόμενοι καὶ ὀχεύοντες). a. prop.: τινά, Mt. xv. 33; pass., Mt. xiv. 20; xv.37; Mk. vi. 42; vii. 27; viii.8; Lk. ix. 17; Jn. vi. 26; Jas. ii. 16; opp. to πεινᾶν, Phil. iv. 12; τινά τινος (like πίμπλημι [ef. W. § 30, 8 b.]): ἄρτων, with bread, Mk. viii. 4 (Ps. exxxi. (exxxii.) 15); τινὰ ἀπό with a gen. of the thing [ef. B. § 132, 12], pass. Lk. xvi. 21 (Ps. ciii. (civ.) 13); [τινὰ ἐκ w. gen. of the thing (B. u.s.), pass. Lk. xv. 16 Trmrg. WIJ]. B. metaph.: τινά, to fulfil or satisfy the desire of any one, Mt. v. 6; Lk. vi. 21, (Ps. evi. (evii.) 9).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χορτάζω chortazō 16x
pr. to feed or fill with grass, herbage, etc., to fatten; used of animals of prey, to satiate, gorge, Rev. 19:21; of persons, to satisfy with food, Mt. 14:20; 15:33, 37; met. to satisfy the desire of any one, Mt. 5:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χορτάζω
(< χόρτος), [in LXX for שׂבע, Ps 16 (17):14 al. ;]
prop., of animals (v. Lft. on Phl 4:12), to feed, fatten: Re 19:21;
in late Gk. (Kennedy, Sources, 82, 156), of persons, to fill or satisfy with food: c. acc. pers., Mt 15:33; pass., Mt 14:20 15:37, Mk 6:42 7:27 8:8, Lk 9:17, Jo 6:26, Ja 2:16; opp. to πεινᾶν, Phl 4:12; c. gen. rei, Mk 8:4; ἀπό, Lk 16:21; ἐκ, Lk 15:16, WH, txt.,; metaph., Mt 5:6, Lk 6:21.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χορτάζω, “*feed to the full,”’ “ὁ satisfy,” used originally of animals, but extended in colloquial Greek to men, when it becomes in the mid. practically = ἐσθίω : cf. Mk 727 and see Kennedy Sources, p. 82. The verb is read in P Petr III. 42 D(1)® (B.C. 254). According to Nageli (p. 58), its occurrence in Phil 47" is one of the few vulgarisms Paul permits himself. MGr χορτάζω, χορταίνω, “satiate.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χορτάζω (chortazō) — to feed. χορτ-άζω, feed, fatten, properly of cattle [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χορτάσω τὸν κάνθαρον (the beetle being comically treated as a horse), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with accusative of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, eat their fill, of cattle, [Refs]; τινος of a thing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. of persons, feed, βολβοῖς ἐμαυτὸν χορτάσω [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with genitive, fill full of.., θεράπευε καὶ χόρταζε τῶν μονῳδιῶν (metaphorically) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, with accusative, χορταζόμενοι γάλα λευκόν [LXX+5th c.BC+]: absolutely, feast, κεχόρτασμαι.. οὐ κακῶς [NT+4th c.BC+]