Agam אֲגַם
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| אֲגַם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | agam |
| Strong's number | H98 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | pool |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (4) |
Agam (Hebrew אֲגַם, Strong's H98) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “pool”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) pool, troubled pool
1a) troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools, marshes
1b) any pool, pond
1c) swamp reeds, reeds, rush(es)
1a) troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools, marshes
1b) any pool, pond
1c) swamp reeds, reeds, rush(es)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | ponds (2), standing (2), pools (2), pool (2), reeds (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | ponds (2), into a pool (2), marshes (2), into pools (1), swamplands (1), pool (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Agam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 7:19And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
- Exodus 8:5And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”
Psalms
- Psalm 107:35He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
- Psalm 114:8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
Isaiah
- Isaiah 14:23I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- Isaiah 35:7And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
- Isaiah 41:18I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
- Isaiah 42:15I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 51:32And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).