Lexical Definition

‎עֲגַב‎ ʻăgab (aw-gab') to lust ^H:V
a primitive root

dote, lover.

• to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)

1) (Qal) to have inordinate affection or lust
1a) lust (participle)
1b) paramours (participle as subst)

See Greek: ἐπιτίθημι · ἀγαπάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עָגַב‎] verb have inordinate affection, lust (compare Arabic wonder, admire, beloved; and (on sens. obsc. in Late Hebrew) Levy^{NHWB iii. 616}); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎עָֽגְבָה‎ Ezek 23:7; Ezek 23:9; Ezek 23:12 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎וַתַּעְגַּב‎ vEzek 23:5, + vEzek 23:16 Kt (Qr ‎וַתַּעְגְּבָה‎), ‎וַתַּעְגְּבָּה‎ vEzek 23:20 (Ew^{§ 191 c} Ol^{§ 228 b}); Participle plural ‎עֹגְבִים‎ Jer 4:30 — lust after (‎עַלֿ‎), only in figure of relations of Samaria and Jerusalem (personified) with foreigners Ezek 23:5; Ezek 23:9; Ezek 23:12; Ezek 23:16; Ezek 23:20, so with accusative vEzek 23:7 participle as substantive paramours Jer 4:30.

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