HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H89
אָגֵא
a.ge — Agee
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.23.11; father of: Shammah (H8037) § Agee = "I shall increase" father of a warrior of David
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Agee
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Historical dictionary entry
Fugitive, the father of Shammah, who was one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam. 23:11)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Scripture cited by this entry (KJV)
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2 Samuel 23:11
And after him [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.