Word Study · Strong's H5689 · Hebrew
עֲגַב
agab
aw-gab'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻăgab
“to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)
Rendered in the KJV as
dote, lover.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- וַתַּעְגַּב֙1
- וַתַּעְגְּבָ֥ה1
- וַֽתַּעְגְּבָ֔ה1
- עָֽגְבָ֛ה1
- עָגְבָ֖ה1
- עָגָ֜בָה1
- עֹגְבִ֖ים1
How it is rendered · 6
- and she lusted !2
- and she lusted1
- lovers1
- she had lusted1
- she lusted1
- she lusted after1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular3
- Hc/Vqw3fs/Sh2
- Hc/Vqw3fs1
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqp3fs · 3
- Hc/Vqw3fs/Sh · 2
- Hc/Vqw3fs · 1
- HVqrmpa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezekiel6 occurrences
- Ezekiel 23:5וַתַּעְגַּב֙vata'gavHc/Vqw3fsOholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriorshere: and she lusted
- Ezekiel 23:7עָֽגְבָ֛הʾagevahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularShe offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.here: she lusted after
- Ezekiel 23:9עָגְבָ֖הʾagevahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularTherefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.here: she had lusted
- Ezekiel 23:12עָגָ֜בָהʾagavahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularShe too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.here: she lusted
- Ezekiel 23:16וַתַּעְגְּבָ֥הvata'gavhHc/Vqw3fs/ShAt the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.here: and she lusted !
- Ezekiel 23:20וַֽתַּעְגְּבָ֔הvata'gevahHc/Vqw3fs/Shand lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.here: and she lusted !