AGAGITE ā’ gə gīt (הָֽאֲגָגִ֗י, LXX βουγαιον, Esth 3:1, ὁμακεδων, Esth 9:24; omits it in other passages). A term used to describe Haman (Esth 3:1, 10; 8:3, 5; 9:24). Perhaps a general term for enemy, cf. modern use of “Hun.” The land of Agag is mentioned in Akkad. inscr. of Sargon, prob. referring to Media. Jos. Antiq. xi. 6. 6 calls Haman an Amalekite (to cf. him to Agag?). Perhaps the term in Esther is a figure of speech: what Agag was to Saul, Haman was to Mordcai—a mortal enemy.