Definition

love (abstractly), i.e. amorousness

Etymology

from H5689 (עֲגַב);

Word family

• עֲגַב ʻăgab

How the KJV renders it

• inordinate love

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.