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Haman (Hebrew: הָמָן Hāmān; also
known as
Haman the
Agagite) is the main
antagonist in the Book of Esther, who
according to the
Hebrew Bible was an official...
- The term
Agagite (Hebrew: אגגי, romanized: ’Ǎḡāḡî) is used in the Book of
Esther as a
description of Haman. The term is
understood to be an
ethnonym although...
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Zeresh (Hebrew: זֶרֶשׁ) was the wife of
Haman the
Agagite who is
mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible in the Book of Esther. The
etymology of the name Zeresh...
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Adullam Adummim Aedias Aeneas (or Æneas)
Aenon (or Ænon)
Aesora Agabus Agag
Agagite Agar Agee
Aggaba (variant of Hagabah) Agia (Gr****
variant of
Hebrew Hattil)...
- king.
Because of Mordecai's vigilance, the plot was foiled.
Haman the
Agagite had been
raised to the
highest position at court. In
spite of the king's...
- Jerusalem.
According to the Book of Esther, in the Tanakh,
Haman was an
Agagite noble and
vizier of the
empire under Persian King Ahasuerus, generally...
- that form the
complication in the book. This
chapter introduces Haman the
Agagite, who is
linked by his
genealogy to King Agag, the
enemy of Israel's King...
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heart to him. He
chooses her and
crowns her queen. Meanwhile,
Haman the
Agagite is
promoted to the highest-ranking official. He has all the king's servants...
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given in the
Targum Sheni as follows: "Haman the son of
Hammedatha the
Agagite, son of Srach, son of Buza, son of Iphlotas, son of Dyosef, son of Dyosim...
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miswritten version of the name Hash-shilhi, (Shilhi).
Hammedatha was an
Agagite and the
father of
Haman (see
Esther 3:1).
Hammoleketh or
Hammolecheth is...
