Definition
a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)
Traditional renderings: dote, lover.
Traditional renderings: dote, lover.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָגַב:
- καίkai“and”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Jeremiah 4:30עֹגְבִ֖ים · your loversAnd you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
- Ezekiel 23:5וַתַּעְגַּב֙ · She lustedOholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
- Ezekiel 23:7עָֽגְבָ֛ה · she lustedShe offered sexual favors to all the elite of Assyria. She defiled herself with all the idols of those for whom she lusted.
- Ezekiel 23:9עָגְבָ֖ה · she lustedTherefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted.
- Ezekiel 23:12עָגָ֜בָה · She too lustedShe too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
- Ezekiel 23:16וַתַּעְגַּב · she lustedAt the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
- Ezekiel 23:20וַֽתַּעְגְּבָ֔ה · and lusted…and lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.