Lectionary Calendar

Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
the Week of Proper 3 / Ordinary 8

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Transliteration

ʼĂgâgîy

Phonetics

ag-aw-ghee'

Origin

patrial or patronymic from (H90)

Parts of Speech

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Agagite = “I will overtop”

1) said of Haman, Haman the Agagite

Frequency Lists

Verse Results

KJV (5)

Esther 5

NAS (5)

Esther 5

HCS (5)

Esther 5

BSB (5)

Esther 5

ESV (5)

Esther 5

WEB (5)

Esther 5

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֲגָגִי adjective, of a people of Haman (= Amalekite ? so Jewish tradition & compare Jos^Ant.xi.6.5) Esther 3:1,10; Esther 8:3,5; Esther 9:24.

אגד ( bind, so Talmud אָגַד, Aramaic אֲגַד). ** Aramaic ׳א (Talmud, once, Levy) probably Hebraism.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֲגָגִי [Agagite], gent. n. of Haman, Esther 3:1, 10 8:3, Joseph. Arch. xi. 6, § 5, explains it Ἀμαληκίτης.

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List of Word Forms

הָֽאֲגָגִ֔י הָֽאֲגָגִ֗י הָאֲגָגִ֔י הָאֲגָגִ֖י האגגי hā’ăḡāḡî hā·’ă·ḡā·ḡî haagaGi