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H5689

עָגַב

a.gavH:V

to lust

1) (Qal) to have inordinate affection or lust 1a) lust (participle) 1b) paramours (participle as subst)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[עָגַב] verb have inordinate affection, lust (compare Arabic wonder, admire, beloved; and (on sens. obsc. in Late Hebrew) LevyNHWB iii. 616); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular עָֽגְבָה Ezek 23:7; Ezek 23:9; Ezek 23:12 Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתַּעְגַּב vEzek 23:5, + vEzek 23:16 Kt (Qr וַתַּעְגְּבָה), וַתַּעְגְּבָּה vEzek 23:20 (Ew§ 191 c Ol§ 228 b); Participle plural עֹגְבִים Jer 4:30 — lust after (עַלֿ), only in figure of relations of Samaria and Jerusalem (personified) with foreigners Ezek 23:5; Ezek 23:9; Ezek 23:12; Ezek 23:16; Ezek 23:20, so with accusative vEzek 23:7 participle as substantive paramours Jer 4:30.

7 occurrences

Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (6)