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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 their buckets;
their offspring have all they need.
Their king will be greater than Agag;
their kingdom will be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 - He captured Agag, the Amalekite king, but completely destroyed everyone else.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them. They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 - “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul insisted. “I carried out the mission he gave me. I brought back King Agag, but I destroyed everyone else.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:32 - Then Samuel said, “Bring King Agag to me.” Agag arrived full of hope, for he thought, “Surely the worst is over, and I have been spared!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - But Samuel said, “As your sword has killed the sons of many mothers, now your mother will be childless.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
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