Word Study · Strong's H91 · Hebrew
אֲגָגִי
Agagi
ag-aw-ghee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂgâgîy
“an Agagite or descendent (subject) of Agag”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an Agagite or descendent (subject) of Agag
Rendered in the KJV as
Agagite.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הָאֲגָגִ֖י2
- הָֽאֲגָגִ֔י1
- הָאֲגָגִ֔י1
- הָֽאֲגָגִ֗י1
How it is rendered · 1
- the Agagite5
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)5
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 5
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The ledger of occurrences
Esther5 occurrences
- Esther 3:1הָאֲגָגִ֖יhaagagithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)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.here: the Agagite
- Esther 3:10הָאֲגָגִ֖יhaagagithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)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.here: the Agagite
- Esther 8:3הָֽאֲגָגִ֔יhaagagithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)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.here: the Agagite
- Esther 8:5הָאֲגָגִ֔יhaagagithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)“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.here: the Agagite
- Esther 9:24הָֽאֲגָגִ֗יhaagagithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)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.here: the Agagite