Strong's Lexicon

H98

H98 — אֲגַם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewagamnoun mascOccurrences: 9TWOT: 18a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H98
Word:אֲגַם
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root (meaning to collect as water)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:9
Transliteration:agam
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ag-am'
Meaning:1. a marsh 2. hence a rush (as growing in swamps) 3. hence a stockade of reeds
KJV Renderings:pond, pool, standing (water).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB89

אֲגַם noun [masculine] troubled pool (Aramaic id., [untranscribed source text 42], Assyrian agammu DlW) — ׳ א absolute Isa 35:7 construct Isa 41:18 + 2 t.; אֲגַמִּים Exod 8:1 + 2 t.; אַגְמֵי Isa 14:23 אַגְמֵיהֶם Exod 7:19

1. troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools or marshes, plural מַיִם ׳ א Isa 14:23.
2. any pool, pond, singular מַיִם ׳ א Isa 41:18; Ps 107:35; Ps 114:8 plural without מַיִם Exod 7:19; Exod 8:1 ( P ) Isa 42:15 .
3. swamp-reed, rush (= אַגְמוֺן) Jer 51:32.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אגם (agahm)

Job 41:2

KJV: Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
EHCC: (40:26).Canst thou put an hook into his
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