עֲגַבʻăgab
have inordinate affection, lust
Pronunciation: aw-gab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5689
Meanings
Qal: lust, only in figure of relations of Samaria and Jerusalem (personified) with foreigners (Ezekiel 23:7; Ezekiel 23:9; Ezekiel 23:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Jeremiah 4:30 What are you doing, you who have been plundered? Why do you dress up in beautiful clothing and put on gold jewelry? Why do you brighten your eyes with mascara? Your primping will do you no good! The allies who were your lovers despise you and seek to kill you.
- Ezekiel 23:5 “Then Oholah lusted after other lovers instead of me, and she gave her love to the Assyrian officers.
- Ezekiel 23:7 And so she prostituted herself with the most desirable men of Assyria, worshiping their idols and defiling herself.
- Ezekiel 23:9 “And so I handed her over to her Assyrian lovers, whom she desired so much.
- Ezekiel 23:12 She fawned over all the Assyrian officers—those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses—all of them attractive young men.
- Ezekiel 23:16 When she saw these paintings, she longed to give herself to them, so she sent messengers to Babylonia to invite them to come to her.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).