This word comes from the name of Agag.
Definition
patrial or patronymic from H90; an Agagite or descendent (subject) of Agag
Traditional renderings: Agagite.
Traditional renderings: Agagite.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
5 total
- Esther 3:1הָאֲגָגִ֖י · the AgagiteAfter 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 3:10הָאֲגָגִ֖י · the AgagiteSo 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 8:3הָֽאֲגָגִ֔י · the AgagiteAnd 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 8:5הָאֲגָגִ֔י · the Agagite“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 9:24הָֽאֲגָגִ֗י · the AgagiteFor 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.