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עָגַב a.gav H5689

“have inordinate affection; lust” — Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Same root: Related words from the same root: 3 more words

Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) lists these under the root '-g-b (עגב) (same root, per BDB). “Built from” = Strong's (1890) agrees. Related words can still differ in meaning.

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Rendered in ASV as: doted ×6, lovers ×1 (7 links)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) [jan/p.ak.aa (base)]

[עָגַב] vb. have inordinate affection, lust

Public domain text (BDB 1906); digitisation CC BY 4.0 – credit "Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project"
Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890) [H5689]

Origin: a primitive root; Meaning: to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually) KJV renders it: dote, lover.

Public domain (James Strong, 1890/1894; file marked <rights>Public Domain</rights>)

7 verse(s)

  1. Jeremiah 4:30 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.
    'o.ge.Vim – qal (simple action) · participle ('…-ing' / 'one who …') · masculine plural HVqrmpa
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  2. Ezekiel 23:5 And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
    va./ta'.Gav – qal (simple action) · imperfect + waw-consecutive (and then …, usually past) · she / it Hc/Vqw3fs
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  3. Ezekiel 23:7 And she bestowed her whoredoms upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomsoever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself.
    'a.ge.Vah – qal (simple action) · perfect (completed action) · she / it HVqp3fs
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  4. Ezekiel 23:9 Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
    'a.ge.Vah – qal (simple action) · perfect (completed action) · she / it HVqp3fs
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  5. Ezekiel 23:12 She doted upon the Assyrians, governors and rulers, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
    'a.Ga.vah – qal (simple action) · perfect (completed action) · she / it HVqp3fs
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  6. Ezekiel 23:16 And as soon as she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
    va./ta'.gav/h – qal (simple action) · imperfect + waw-consecutive (and then …, usually past) · she / it + extra -ah ending Hc/Vqw3fs/Sh
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  7. Ezekiel 23:20 And she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
    va./ta'.ge.Va/h – qal (simple action) · imperfect + waw-consecutive (and then …, usually past) · she / it + extra -ah ending Hc/Vqw3fs/Sh
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