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Lexicon :: Strong's H5689 - ʿāḡaḇ

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עָגַב
Transliteration
ʿāḡaḇ
Pronunciation
aw-gab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1559

Strong’s Definitions

עֲגַב ʻăgab, aw-gab'; a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually):—dote, lover.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H5689 in the following manner: doted (6x), lovers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H5689 in the following manner: doted (6x), lovers (1x).

  1. (Qal) to have inordinate affection or lust

    1. lust (participle)

    2. paramours (participle as subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲגַב ʻăgab, aw-gab'; a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually):—dote, lover.
STRONGS H5689: Abbreviations
† [עָגַב] verb have inordinate affection, lust (compare Arabic bdb072103 wonder, admire, bdb072104 beloved; and (on sens. obsc. in Late Hebrew) LevyNHWB iii. 616); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular עָֽגְבָה Ezekiel 23:7, 9, 12; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּעְגַּב Ezekiel 23:5, + Ezekiel 23:16 Kt (Qr וַתַּעְגְּבָה), וַתַּעְגְּבָּה Ezekiel 23:20 (Ew§ 191 c Ol§ 228 b); Participle plural עֹגְבִים Jeremiah 4:30; — lust after (עַלֿ), only in figure of relations of Samaria and Jerusalem (personified) with foreigners Ezekiel 23:5, 9, 12, 16, 20, so with accusative Ezekiel 23:7; participle as substantive paramours Jeremiah 4:30.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Jeremiah

4:30; 4:30

Ezekiel

23:5; 23:5; 23:7; 23:7; 23:9; 23:9; 23:12; 23:12; 23:16; 23:16; 23:20; 23:20

H5689

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5689 matches the Hebrew עָגַב (ʿāḡaḇ),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 -

And you, O desolate one, what will you do?

Though you clothe yourself in scarlet,

Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,

Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,

You make yourself beautiful in vain.

Your lovers (allies) despise you;

They seek your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:5 -

“Oholah played the prostitute while she was Mine; and she adored and lusted after her lovers (allies), the Assyrians, her neighbors,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:7 - “She bestowed [freely] her immoralities on them, the choicest men of Assyria, all of them; and with all whom she adored and lusted after, she defiled herself with their idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:9 - “Therefore, I placed her in the hand of her lovers (allies), into the hand of the Assyrians whom she adored.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - “She lusted after the Assyrians—governors and officials, her neighbors, magnificently clothed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - “When she saw [the sketches of] them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - “For she lusted after her lovers [there], whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
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