אֲגַג
ʼĂgag · ag-ag'
Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings
Lexicon
Derivation: or אֲגָג; of uncertain derivation (compare H89 (אָגֵא)); flame;
Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Agag.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to carry, to lift up › to carry, to lift up
Strength, the leader that works to carry, to lift up that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲגַג above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- agag4 · 50%
- and agag2 · 25%
- than agag1 · 13%
- to me agag1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.