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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 - What are you doing,
you who have been plundered?
Why do you dress up in beautiful clothing
and put on gold jewelry?
Why do you brighten your eyes with mascara?
Your primping will do you no good!
The allies who were your lovers
despise you and seek to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:5 - “Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:7 - And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols[fn] and defiling herself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:9 - “And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - She fawned over all the Assyrian officers—those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses—all of them attractive young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:16 - When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse.
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