עָגַב
a.gav (H5689)
to lust
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word עָגַב (a.gav) is used 7 times in the Bible and defined as "to lust". This verb implies a strong desire or craving, often accompanied by a sense of intense longing or yearning. Its application suggests a complex emotional state, one that can be driven by both internal and external factors. In its occurrences, this verb is often paired with a focus on sexual desire or illicit actions, which may indicate its association with taboo or illicit behavior. However, the definition itself does not explicitly limit its meaning to a specific context, implying that lust can be a broader human experience affecting various aspects of life. Given its relative rarity in the Hebrew Bible, this verb may carry significant emotional weight, suggesting a range of consequences for those who engage in or are driven by lust. A careful examination of the contexts in which it appears may reveal more about its role in shaping relationships, personal choices, or community standards, but its core definition remains focused on the experience of intense desire.
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You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with makeup, you make yourself beautiful in vain. Your lovers despise you. They seek your life.
“Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine. She doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
She gave herself as a prostitute to them, all of them the choicest men of Assyria. She defiled herself with the idols of whoever she lusted after.
“Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted.
She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and rulers, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
She lusted after their lovers, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.