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title: עֲגָבָה — lustfulness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲגָבָה (5691), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: lustfulness. BDB 1906: n.f. lustfulness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲגָבָה

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«עֲגָבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lustfulness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5691 · **BDB:** עֲגָבָה

### Glosses

lust (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lustfulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5691/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lustfulness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5691/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. lustfulness;—sf. עַגְבָתָהּ Ez 23:11 (of personif. Jerus.; ‖ תַּזְנוּתֶיהָ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲגָבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5691/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.11/)

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וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ אֲחוֹתָ֣הּ אָהֳלִיבָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁחֵ֥ת עַגְבָתָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְאֶת־תַּ֨זְנוּתֶ֔יהָ מִזְּנוּנֵ֖י אֲחוֹתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and she.saw sister her Oholibah and she.acted.corruptly lust her more than.her and (et) prostitution(s) her more than.the.prostitution(s) her.sister her

*JPS 1917:* And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries.

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