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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #5748 - עֻגָּב

Transliteration

ʻûwgâb

Phonetics

oo-gawb', oog-gawb'

Origin

from (H5689) in the original sense of breathing

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1559c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

a musical instrument
1. perhaps a flute, reed-pipe, or panpipes

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2788 ‑ κιθάρα (kith‑ar'‑ah); 5568 ‑ ψαλμός (psal‑mos');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Genesis 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

BSB (4)

Genesis 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

CSB (4)

Genesis 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

ESV (4)

Genesis 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

KJV (4)

Genesis 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

LEB (4)

Genesis 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

LSB (4)

Genesis 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

N95 (4)

Genesis 1

Job 3

NAS (4)

Genesis 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (4)

Genesis 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2523) b c o (אהגב AhGB) AC: Lust CO: ? AB: ?

V) b c o (אהגב AhGB) - Lust: KJV (7): (vf: Paal, Participle) dote, lover - Strongs: H5689 (עָגַב)

N^m) b c o (אהגב AhGB) - Lust: KJV (2): love, lovely - Strongs: H5690 (עֲגָבִים)

N^f1) e b c o (אהגבה AhGBH) - Lustfulness: KJV (1): love - Strongs: H5691 (עֲגָבָה)

o^m) b c f o (אהוגב AhWGB) - Ugav: A musical instrument. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (4): organ, flute, pipe - Strongs: H5748 (עֻגָּב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

עוּגָב noun masculine a musical instrument (possibly from above √, because of sensuous or appealing tones); — Genesis 4:21 (J; + כִּנּוֺר), Job 21:12 ("" תֹּף, כִּנּוֺר), Psalm 150:4 ( + מִנִּים), suffix עֻגָבִי Job 30:31 ("" כִּנֹּרִי); — according to ᵑ7 a reed-pipe or flute (אַבוּבָא), ᵑ9 a Pan's pipe ( organon, made up of several reeds together); Now^{Archaeology i. 277} Benz^{Archaeology 276} think of bag-pipe ( = סוּמְמֹּנְיָה Daniel 3:5,10,15), compare also in We^{Psalm Eng. Tr. 219}; > a stringed instrument ᵐ5ᵑ6 ( Genesis 4:21).

עֻגָה see עוג.

עגל (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew עָגַל Niph`al berounded; Pi`el roll a thing, etc.; Aramaic Pa`el roll a thing, and derivatives; ᵑ7עֲגוּלָא rolled cake, עֲגִילָא shield, בַּעֲגָלָא, Syriac in swiftnees, swiftly; Arabic hasten, be swift, compare Lag^{BN 31,143}).

List of Word Forms

וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י וְעוּגָֽב׃ ועגבי ועוגב׃ עוּגָֽב׃ עוגב׃ ‘ū·ḡāḇ ‘ūḡāḇ uGav veuGav veugaVi wə‘ūḡāḇ wə‘uḡāḇî wə·‘u·ḡā·ḇî wə·‘ū·ḡāḇ