King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5689
Transliteration: agab
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-gab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to have inordinate affection, lust
Meaning: to have inordinate affection, lust
Word Summary
agab: to have inordinate affection, lust
Original Word: עֲגַבTransliteration: agab
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-gab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to have inordinate affection, lust
Meaning: to have inordinate affection, lust
Strong's Concordance
dote, lover A primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. To love (sensually) -- dote, lover.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5689. agab
[עָגַב] verb have inordinate affection, lust (compare Arabic wonder, admire, beloved; and (on sens. obsc. in Late Hebrew) LevyNHWB iii. 616); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular עָֽגְבָה Ezekiel 23:7, 9, 12; Imperfect3feminine singular וַתַּעְגַּב 23:5, + 23:16 Kt (Qr וַתַּעְגְּבָה), וַתַּעְגְּבָּה 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 23:7; participle as substantive paramours Jeremiah 4:30.