Word Study · Strong's H90 · Hebrew
אֲגַג
Agag
ag-ag'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂgag
“Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings
Rendered in the KJV as
Agag.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- אֲגַג֙2
- אֲגַ֥ג1
- אֲגַ֖ג1
- אֲגָ֗ג1
- אֲגָ֔ג1
- אֲגָ֛ג1
- מֵֽאֲגַג֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- Agag7
- more than Agag1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)7
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 7
- HR/Npm · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel7 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 15:8אֲגַ֥גʾagagproper noun (a name)He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.here: Agag
- 1 Samuel 15:9אֲגָ֗גʾagagproper noun (a name)Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.here: Agag
- 1 Samuel 15:20אֲגַג֙ʾagagproper noun (a name)“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.here: Agag
- 1 Samuel 15:32אֲגַג֙ʾagagproper noun (a name)Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”here: Agag
- 1 Samuel 15:32אֲגַ֖גʾagagproper noun (a name)Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”here: Agag
- 1 Samuel 15:32אֲגָ֔גʾagagproper noun (a name)Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”here: Agag
- 1 Samuel 15:33אֲגָ֛גʾagagproper noun (a name)But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.here: Agag