עֲגָבָה
ʻăgâbâh · ag-aw-baw'
love (abstractly), i.e. amorousness
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5689 (עֲגַב);
love (abstractly), i.e. amorousness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: inordinate love.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to carry, to lift up of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲגָבָה 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in her inordinate love1 · 100%
Where it is used, by book.
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.