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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical ethnonym ⓘ
appearsInScripture Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
category Biblical term ⓘ
Ethnonym in the Bible ⓘ
connotation enemy of the Jews ⓘ
derivationType gentilic ⓘ
hasEtymologicalOrigin Agag ⓘ
hasPluralForm Agagites ⓘ
linked to: Amalekites
isAssociatedWith Haman ⓘ
isAssociatedWithPeople Amalekites ⓘ
isMentionedIn Book of Esther ⓘ
linked to: Megillat Esther
languageOfOrigin Hebrew ⓘ
notablyAppliedTo Haman the son of Hammedatha ⓘ
linked to: Haman
possibleMeaning descendant of Amalekite royalty ⓘ
refersTo descendant of Agag ⓘ
follower of Agag ⓘ
relatedTo Agag ⓘ
Amalek ⓘ
linked to: Amalekites
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haman → ethnicOrigin → Agagite ⓘ