Strong H5689עָגַב
to lust
- Transliteration
- ‛âgab
- Pronunciation
- aw-gab'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to breathe {after} that {is} to love (sensually): - {dote} lover.
Detailed definition
1) (Qal) to have inordinate affection or lust
1a) lust (participle)
1b) paramours (participle as subst)
1a) lust (participle)
1b) paramours (participle as subst)
In the Bible
Strong H5689 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dot6
- lover1
First verses
- Jeremiah 4:30And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
- Ezekiel 23:5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
- Ezekiel 23:7Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
- Ezekiel 23:9Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
- Ezekiel 23:12She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
- Ezekiel 23:16And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
- Ezekiel 23:20For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.