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Lexicon :: Strong's H90 - 'ăḡaḡ

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אֲגַג
Transliteration
'ăḡaḡ
Pronunciation
ag-ag'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation, compare with אָגֵא (H89)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲגַג ʼĂgag, ag-ag'; or אֲגָג ʼĂgâg; of uncertain derivation (compare H89); flame; Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings:—Agag.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H90 in the following manner: Agag (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H90 in the following manner: Agag (8x).

  1. Agag = "I will overtop"

    1. king of Amalek, spared by Saul but slain by Samuel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲגַג ʼĂgag, ag-ag'; or אֲגָג ʼĂgâg; of uncertain derivation (compare H89); flame; Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings:—Agag.
STRONGS H90: Abbreviations
† אֲגָג, (אֲגַג Numbers 24:7) proper name, masculine (violent ? Assyrian agâgu DlW) king of Amalek 1 Samuel 15:8, 9, 20, 32 (3 times in verse); 1 Samuel 15:33, also Numbers 24:7 (E), as symbol of might; (Is א׳ then title ? see Di).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

24:7; 24:7

1 Samuel

15:8; 15:9; 15:20; 15:32; 15:33

H90

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H90 matches the Hebrew אֲגַג ('ăḡaḡ),
which occurs 8 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:7 - Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be in many waters;
his king shall be higher than Agag,
and his kingdom shall be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves[fn] and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 - And Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the LORD. I have gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully.[fn] Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - And Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
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