Lexicon :: Strong's H98 - 'ăḡam

אֲגַם

Transliteration

'ăḡam

Pronunciation

ag-am'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root (meaning to collect as water)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 18a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אֲגַם ʼăgam, ag-am'; from an unused root (meaning to collect as water); a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds:—pond, pool, standing (water).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H98 in the following manner: pools (6x), standing (2x), reeds (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

pool, troubled pool
1. troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools, marshes
2. any pool, pond
3. swamp reeds, reeds, rush(es)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

אֲגַם ʼăgam, ag-am'; from an unused root (meaning to collect as water); a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds:—pond, pool, standing (water).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

STRONGS H98: Abbreviations

† אֲגַם noun [masculine] troubled pool (Aramaic id., axmgAe , Assyrian agammu Dl^W) — א׳ absolute Isaiah 35:7; construct Isaiah 41:18 + 2 times; אֲגַמִּים Exodus 8:1 + 2 times; אַגְמֵי Isaiah 14:23; אַגְמֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19 —

1. troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools or marshes, plural מַיִם א׳ Isaiah 14:23.

2. any pool, pond, singular מַיִם א׳ Isaiah 41:18; Psalm 107:35; Psalm 114:8; plural without מַיִם Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:1 (P) Isaiah 42:15.

3. swamp-reed, rush (= אַגְמוֺן) Jeremiah 51:32.

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