ʼĂgâgîy — H91

Definition

adjective

an Agagite or descendent (subject) of Agag

1. Agagite = "I will overtop"
2. said of Haman, Haman the Agagite

Usually translated as

Agagite

Origin

patrial or patronymic from H90

• Derived from ʼĂgag (H90)

Occurrences

ʼĂgâgîy occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (5)

• Esther 3:1 — After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite (הָאֲגָגִ֖י), and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
• Esther 3:10 — And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite (הָאֲגָגִ֖י), the Jews’ enemy.
• Esther 8:3 — And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite (הָֽאֲגָגִ֔י), and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
• Esther 8:5 — And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite (הָאֲגָגִ֔י), which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
• Esther 9:24 — Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite (הָֽאֲגָגִ֗י), the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;