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Agagite

אֲגָגִיStrong’s H0091

agagi (a-ga-gi)

Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Agagi is the Hebrew word usually translated “agagite”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

“After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.”
Esther 3:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. Someone descended from Agag, a man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.15.8
How it's translated
  • the agagite 5

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Esther 5

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אֲגָגִי agagi · Agagite

Someone descended from Agag, a man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.15.8 Group of a.gag (אֲגָג "Agag" H0090H) § Agagite = "I will overtop" said of Haman, Haman the Agagite

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.