H5690 H5690
sensuous love, lustful words or desires (plural intensive)
This plural noun conveys sensuous or lustful love—desire with overtones of impropriety or insincerity. The sole clear occurrence is Ezekiel 33:32, where God tells Ezekiel, 'You are to them like a love song,' meaning the people enjoy his words aesthetically but don't obey them. The intensive plural suggests passionate but shallow affection. Some manuscripts include another occurrence in verse 31, though this is textually disputed. The word captures the danger of religious entertainment replacing genuine devotion.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Sensuous or lustful love, used metaphorically in Ezekiel 33:32 to describe Israel's superficial attraction to prophetic words without commitment to obey. The 'love song' comparison suggests aesthetic pleasure divorced from moral response. The plural form intensifies the sense of passionate but ultimately empty affection. Spanish 'amores' and 'lisonjas' (flatteries) capture the insincere dimension. 2×
AR["غَرَامًا", "غَرَامِيَّةٍ"]·ben["প্রেমের", "প্রেমের-গান"]·DE["[עגבים]"]·EN["lustful-words"]·FR["amour"]·heb["עגבים"]·HI["क्योंकि", "जैसे-गीत"]·ID["kemesraan", "kemesraan,"]·IT["[עגבים]"]·jav["katrésnan"]·KO["정욕을", "정욕의"]·PT["amores"]·RU["любовная", "любовные-песни"]·ES["amores,", "lisonjas"]·SW["mapenzi", "tamaa"]·TR["aşk-şarkıları", "aşkların"]·urd["عشق", "عشقیہ"]
Related Senses
G2309 1. want, desire (166×)G0025 1. to love actively (133×)H0157 1. love (verb, active Qal) (129×)H8055 1. Qal: rejoice, be glad (123×)H7453 1. neighbor, fellow man (120×)G0026 1. of love (115×)H1058 1. Qal: to weep, cry (112×)H0954 1. to be ashamed, feel shame (Qal) (95×)H8057 1. joy, gladness, delight (90×)H2781 1. disgrace, shame, dishonor (68×)G2307 1. will, desire, purpose (63×)G5463 1. rejoice, be glad (63×)G0027 1. beloved (61×)H8130 1. Qal: to hate, detest (60×)G5479 1. (59×)G1680 1. (53×)H8130 2. Qal ptcp: hater, enemy (53×)H0014 1. be willing, want (51×)H0157 2. lover, friend (Qal participle substantive) (51×)H1945 1. woe (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [עָגָב] n.[m.] (sensuous) love (on form cf. LagBN 143);—only pl. intens. שִׁיר עֲגָבִים Ez 33:32 thou art to them as a love-song.—For עֲגָבִים v 31 read כְּזָבִים 𝔊 𝔖 Co Berthol Toy.