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.

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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

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Haman ethnicOrigin Agagite