Agagite
Agagite
[others Agagite] (Heb. Agagi, , Sept. , , Vulg. Aggites), the name of the nation to which Haman (q.v.) belonged (Est 3:1; Est 3:10; Est 8:3; Est 8:5; Est 9:24). Josephus explains it as meaning Amalekite (Ant. 11, 6, 5), SEE AGAG.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Agagite
a name applied to Haman and also to his father (Esther 3:1, 10; 8:3, 5). Probably it was equivalent to Amalekite.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Agagite
AGAGITE.The designation of Haman (Est 3:1; Est 3:10; Est 8:3; Est 8:5; Est 9:24). Josephus (Ant. XI. vi. 5) calls him an Amalekite. The epithet in Esther indicates that, as Agag was Sauls adversary, so Haman was the foe of this other Benjamite. The LXX [Note: Septuagint.] reads Bugaios, Est 3:1, Est 8:5, omits at Est 3:10, and at Est 9:24, EST 16:10 has Macedonian, a word of evil connotation after Antiochus Epiphanes.
J. Taylor.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Agagite
agag-t, (, ‘aghagh, from, , ‘aghagh, a member of the house of Agag): A title of opprobrium given to Haman (Est 3:1, Est 3:10; Est 8:3, Est 8:5; Est 9:24). Jewish tradition always assigned the arch-enemies of Israel membership in the house of Amalek, the hereditary foe of the nation. Compare Ant, XI, vi, 5. The word Agag has properly been taken by Delitzsch as related to the Assyrian agagu, to be powerful, vehement, angry. In the Greek parts of Esther, Haman is termed a Macedonian (Est 3:1, Est 3:10). The name Haman is probably of Elamitic origin. Oppert’s attempt to connect the term Agagite with Agaz, a Median tribe mentioned by Sargon, has found no supporters. See AGAG.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Agagite
Agagite, used as a Gentile name for Amalekite in Est 3:1; Est 3:10; Est 8:3; Est 8:5.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Agagite
[A’gagite]
Haman was the son of Hammedatha the Agagite. Est 3:1-10; Est 8:3; Est 8:5; Est 9:24. Frst says the Gentile name “of Haman is therefore explained by Josephus and so too by Jewish tradition.” That is, that Haman was an Amalekite. This explains why Mordecai refused to bow down before Haman. He was of that race with which Jehovah had sworn to have war for ever, and which Saul was directed to utterly exterminate. Exo 17:16; Deu 25:19; 1Sa 15:3.