Strong’s H5690 · Hebrew

עֶגֶב
ʻegeb
eh'-gheb

Definition

love (concretely), i.e. amative words

Etymology

from H5689 (עֲגַב);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • much love
  • very lovely

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.