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a.gag H90

אֲגָג (a.gag) means “Agag” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֲגָג Hebrew · H90 8 tagged occurrences in 6 verses

Pronunciation guide: ag-ag' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0090G

אֲגָג · a.gag · Agag

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.24.7 § Agag = "I will overtop" king of Amalek, spared by Saul but slain by Samuel

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TBESH · H0090H

אֲגָג · a.gag · Agag

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.15.8 Also named: a.ga.gi (אֲגָגִי "Agagite" H0091) § Agag = "I will overtop" king of Amalek, spared by Saul but slain by Samuel

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or אֲגָג; of uncertain derivation (compare H89 (אָגֵא)); flame; Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings

KJV glosses: Agag.

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How translators render H90

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
agag 5
for he 1
hacked agag 1
than agag 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
agag 4
and agag 2
than agag 1
to me agag 1

Verses containing H90

Page 1 of 1. 6 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Numbers 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

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  2. 1 Samuel 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

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  3. 1 Samuel 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

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  4. 1 Samuel 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.

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  5. 1 Samuel 15:32 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

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  6. 1 Samuel 15:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

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