How many times is Agag mentioned in the Bible?
The word Agag appears 8 times in the King James Version, in 6 verses. It is found in 2 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Agag 8 times.
Agag in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Agag counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Agag | 8 | 8 |
| Total | 8 | 8 |
What the name Agag means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Agag as "roof; upper floor".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-22.
First and last mention of Agag
He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
The verse that uses it most is 1 Samuel 15:32, 3 times:
Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
Common questions
How many times is Agag in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 8 of the 8 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Agag appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. 1 Samuel has the most (7), then Numbers (1).
Where is Agag first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Numbers 24:7: "He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted." The last is 1 Samuel 15:33.
What does the name Agag mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Agag as "roof; upper floor".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.