עֲגַב
ʻăgab · aw-gab'
to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to breathe after, i.e. to love (sensually)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dote, lover.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within
To see and know that works to carry, to lift up of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲגַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- she doted2 · 29%
- thy lovers1 · 14%
- and she doted1 · 14%
- and with all on whom she doted1 · 14%
- upon whom she doted1 · 14%
- for she doted1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.