Quick Definition
to lust
Strong's Definition
to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: dote, lover.
TWOT Reference: 1559
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָגַב (a.gav) — to lust. 1) (Qal) to have inordinate affection or lust 1a) lust (participle) 1b) paramours (participle as subst)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עוּגָב
Desire | verb qal
to lust after, lusting after = state in which humans experience the physical desire to have sex with someone else; ≈ used in the metaphoric sense of associating with foreign nations, including their idols
EZK 23:5 · EZK 23:7 · EZK 23:9 · EZK 23:12 · EZK 23:16 · EZK 23:20
People | verb qal
lover = person who is the object of one's physical desire to have sex with someone else
1 EZK 23:16 MT-K ותעגב | MT-Q תַּעגְּבָה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָגַב] vb. have inordinate affection, lust base