אֲגַם
a.gam
“pool”
Definition
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
from an unused root (meaning to collect as water);
- pool, troubled pool 1a) troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools, marshes 1b) any pool, pond 1c) swamp reeds, reeds, rush(es)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אֲגַם appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
“I will make her a placefor owls and for swamplands;I will sweep her awaywith the broom of destruction,”declares the LORD of Hosts.
The parched ground will become a pool,the thirsty land springs of water.In the haunt where jackals once lay,there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
I will open rivers on the barren heights,and fountains in the middle of the valleys.I will turn the desert into a pool of water,and the dry land into flowing springs.
I will lay waste the mountains and hillsand dry up all their vegetation.I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
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