Agagite
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An Agagite is a biblical designation likely referring to a descendant or follower of Agag, the Amalekite king, and is notably associated with Haman in the Book of Esther.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Agagite canonical | 1 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | biblical ethnonym ⓘ |
| appearsInScripture |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| category |
Biblical term
ⓘ
Ethnonym in the Bible ⓘ |
| connotation | enemy of the Jews ⓘ |
| derivationType | gentilic ⓘ |
| hasEtymologicalOrigin | Agag ⓘ |
| hasPluralForm |
Amalekites
ⓘ
surface form:
Agagites
|
| isAssociatedWith | Haman ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithPeople | Amalekites ⓘ |
| isMentionedIn |
Megillat Esther
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Esther
|
| languageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| notablyAppliedTo |
Haman
ⓘ
surface form:
Haman the son of Hammedatha
|
| possibleMeaning | descendant of Amalekite royalty ⓘ |
| refersTo |
descendant of Agag
ⓘ
follower of Agag ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Agag
ⓘ
Amalekites ⓘ
surface form:
Amalek
|
| scripturalBookContext | Esther ⓘ |
| testamentContext | Old Testament historical books ⓘ |
| timePeriodReferenced | Persian period in biblical narrative ⓘ |
| traditionContext |
Christian biblical interpretation
ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| usedAs |
ethnic designation
ⓘ
hostile designation in narrative ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.