1. Agag (proper name) — The proper masculine name Agag (Hebrew אֲגָג), the Amalekite king defeated by Saul and executed by Samuel (1 Samuel 15), also referenced in Balaam's oracle (Numbers 24:7). All 8 occurrences refer to the same royal figure with only prepositional variation. Translations are uniformly consistent: eng 'Agag', spa 'Agag', hin अगग / अगाग, arb أَجَاج, kor 아각, swa 'Agagi'. The comparative form (S79843 'above/than Agag') is syntactic, not semantic. 8×
AR["أَجَاج","عَنْ-أَجَاجَ"]·ben["অগাগ","আগাগ-থেকে"]·DE["Agag","oberhalb-Agag"]·EN["Agag","above-Agag"]·FR["Agag","au-dessus-Agag"]·heb["אגג","מ-אגג"]·HI["अगग","अगग-ने","अगाग-से"]·ID["Agag","dari-Agag"]·IT["Agag","sopra-Agag"]·jav["Agag","tinimbang-Agag"]·KO["보다-아갩","아각을","아각이"]·PT["Agag","mais-que-Agag"]·RU["Агаг","Агага","над-Агагом"]·ES["Agag","que-Agag"]·SW["Agagi","kuliko-Agagi"]·TR["Agag","Agag'a","Agag'dan","Agag'ı"]·urd["اجاج-سے","اجج","اجج-نے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲגָג (אֲגַג Nu 24:7) n.pr.m. (violent? As.agâgu DlW) king of Amalek 1 S 15:8, 9, 20, 32(×3), 33, also Nu 24:7 (E), as symbol of might; (Is א׳ then title? v. Di).