אֲגַג
agag · Agag
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H90 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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agag (אֲגַג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Agag”.
The name or title of the kings of Amalek. The name perhaps means "flame."
How to say it
a·gag
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Numbers 24:7
Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be by many waters; and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
- 1 Samuel 15:8
He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he devoted to destruction with the edge of the sword.
- 1 Samuel 15:9
But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the flock and the herd, the second-born and the lambs, and all that was good, and they were not willing to devote them to destruction; but all the property that was despised and worthless, that they devoted to destruction.
- 1 Samuel 15:20
Saul said to Samuel, “Yes, I have listened to the voice of YHWH, and I went on the way on which YHWH sent me; and I have brought Agag king of Amalek, and Amalek I have devoted to destruction.
- 1 Samuel 15:32
Samuel said, “Bring near to me Agag king of Amalek.” And Agag went to him in good spirits; and Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death has turned aside.”
- 1 Samuel 15:33
Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother shall be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked to pieces Agag before YHWH at Gilgal.
And 2 more times.