Strong H90H90Hאֲגָג

Agag

Definition

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.15.8
Also named: a.ga.gi (אֲגָגִי "Agagite" H91)

Agag = "I will overtop"

Of uncertain derivation (compare H89);
flame;
{Agag} a title of Amalekitish kings: - Agag.

Agag

Amalekite king captured and killed by Samuel

Agag, king of the Amalekites, was spared by Saul but killed by Samuel. (1Sa.15.8,9,20,32,33)

Strong H90H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

1 Samuel 15:8
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
1 Samuel 15:9
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
1 Samuel 15:20
And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
1 Samuel 15:32
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.