Haggai Definition

hăgē-ī, hăgī
noun
A Hebrew prophet of c. 6th cent. b.c.
Webster's New World
The book of his prophecies.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • aggeus
  • Book of Haggai
pronoun

A book of the Old Testament of the Bible and the Tanakh.

Wiktionary

Origin of Haggai

  • Hebrew ḥaggay ḥgg in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hebrew חַגַּי

    From Wiktionary

Haggai Sentence Examples

  • We know nothing further of the personal history of Haggai from the Bible.

  • The book of Haggai contains four short prophecies delivered between the first day of the sixth month and the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month - that is, between September and December - of the second year of Darius the king.

  • In thus looking forward to a shaking of all nations Haggai agrees with earlier prophecies, especially Isa.

  • It was therefore natural that Haggai and Zechariah should urge the speedy building of the temple, in order that the great king might be fittingly received.

  • It is sometimes levied as a reproach against Haggai that he makes no direct reference to moral duties.

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