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HebrewH0090Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲגָג

a.gag

6Occurrences
H0090Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings

or אֲגָג; of uncertain derivation (compare H89 (אָגֵא)); flame;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at § Agag = "I will overtop" king of Amalek, spared by Saul but slain by Samuel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲגָג appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
5
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 15:8BSB

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

1 Samuel 15:9BSB

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.

1 Samuel 15:20BSB

“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.

1 Samuel 15:32BSB

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.”

1 Samuel 15:33BSB

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.

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