H91 אֲגָגִי (ʼĂgâgîy) ag-aw-ghee'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Agagite

Strong's Definition

an Agagite or descendent (subject) of Agag

Derivation: patrial or patronymic from H90 (אֲגַג);

KJV Usage: Agagite.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Agagite = "I will overtop"

1) said of Haman, Haman the Agagite

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֲגָגִי (a.ga.gi) — 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אֲגָגִי (H0091)

adj · אֲגַג

Names of Groups

Agagite = descendant of Agag

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲגָגִי adj.gent. of Haman (= Amalekite? so Jew. trad. & cf. Jos. Ant. xi.6.5) base

Bible Occurrences (5)

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Esther 3:1

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him... to a position above all the princes who [were] with him.

Esther 3:10

So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

Esther 8:3

And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell... at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.

Esther 8:5

If it pleases...... the king, she said, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter [seems] proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

Esther 9:24

For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.