How to Pronounce Agag
AY-gag
Agag is pronounced AY-gag (ˈeɪɡæɡ): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Agag mean?
Agag means “roof; upper floor”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Agag?
Flame, the usual title of the Amalekite kings, as “Pharaoh” was of the Egyptian. (1.) A king of the Amalekites referred to by Balaam (Num. 24:7). He lived at the time of the Exodus. (2.) Another king of the Amalekites whom Saul spared unlawfully, but whom Samuel on his arrival in the camp of Saul ordered, in retributive justice (Judg. 1), to be brought out and cut in pieces (1 Sam. 15:8-33. Comp. Ex. 17:11; Num. 14:45).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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