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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 will flow from his buckets,

And his seed will be by many waters,

And his king shall be lifted up higher than Agag H90,

And his kingdom shall be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - And he seized Agag H90 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 H90 and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and they were not willing to devote them to destruction; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 -

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I did [fn]obey the voice of Yahweh and went on the way on which Yahweh sent me and have brought back Agag H90 the king of Amalek and have devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

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Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag H90 near to me, the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag H90 came to him [fn]in chains. And Agag H90 said, “Surely the bitterness of death has departed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - But Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag H90 to pieces before Yahweh at Gilgal.
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