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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 thou, wasted one, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair: thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:5 - And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians her neighbours,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:7 - And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, all of them the choice of the children of Asshur; and with all after whom she lusted, with all their idols she defiled herself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:9 - Therefore I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the children of Asshur, after whom she lusted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She lusted after the children of Asshur her neighbours, governors and rulers, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them attractive young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - and she lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is as the issue of horses.
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