עָגַב

a.gav · to lust

Hebrew · Strong's H5689 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-gab' · 7 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually); dote, lover.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[עָגַב] vb. have inordinate affection, lust

Every occurrence

  1. Jeremiah 4:30 עֹגְבִ֖ים 'o.ge.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

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