To lust
עָגַבStrong’s H5689agav (a-gav)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Agav is the Hebrew word usually translated “lusted”, “lovers” and “lusted after”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to have inordinate affection or lustlust (participle) · paramours (participle as subst)
How it's translated
- and she lusted 3
- lovers 1
- she lusted after 1
- she had lusted 1
- she lusted 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 6
- Jeremiah 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezekiel 23:5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
- Ezekiel 23:7Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
- Ezekiel 23:9Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
- Ezekiel 23:12She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
- Ezekiel 23:16And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea.
- Ezekiel 23:20For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
Hebrew dictionary
עָגַב agav · to lust
1) (Qal) to have inordinate affection or lust 1a) lust (participle) 1b) paramours (participle as subst)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lust” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LUST, noun
- Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; as the lust of gain.“My lust shall be satisfied upon them” Exodus 15:9
- Concupiscence; carnal appetite; unlawful desire of carnal pleasure. Romans 1:272 Peter 2:10
- Evil propensity; depraved affections and desires. James 1:14Psalms 81:12
- Vigor; active power. [Not used.]
All definitions and other forms of “lust”
LUST, verb intransitive
- To desire eagerly; to long; with after.“Thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after” Deuteronomy 12:15
- To have carnal desire; to desire eagerly the gratification of carnal appetite.“LUST not after her beauty in thy heart” Proverbs 6:25“Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart” Matthew 5:28
- To have irregular or inordinate desires.“The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy” James 4:5“LUST not after evil things as they also lusted” 1 Corinthians 10:6
- To list; to like.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.