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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 devastated one, what will you do?

Although you dress in scarlet,

Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,

Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,

In vain you make yourself beautiful.

Your [fn]lovers H5689 despise you;

They seek your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:5 -

“Oholah played the harlot [fn]while she was Mine; and she lusted H5689 after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:7 - “She gave her harlotries to them, all of them the choicest [fn]men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted H5689 after, 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 [fn]Assyrians, after whom she lusted H5689.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - “She lusted H5689 after the [fn]Assyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, magnificently dressed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable choice men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - “[fn]And she saw them and lusted H5689 after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - “She lusted H5689 after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
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