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H5691 עֲגָבָה (ʻăgâbâh) ag-aw-baw'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

lust

Strong's Definition

love (abstractly), i.e. amorousness

Derivation: from H5689 (עֲגַב);

KJV Usage: inordinate love.

TWOT Reference: 1559b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) lustfulness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עֲגָבָה (a.ga.vah) — lust. lustfulness

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun · עגב

Desire

lust = 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 23:11 · EZK 33:31 · EZK 33:32

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עֲגָבָה] n.f. lustfulness;—sf. Ez 23:11 ref

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