Definitions
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- proper noun A book of the
Old Testament of theBible and theTanakh .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Hebrew minor prophet
- noun an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity
Etymologies
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Examples
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The style of Haggai is consonant with his messages: pathetic in exhortation, vehement in reproofs, elevated in contemplating the glorious future.
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The Jews in Haggai's times hesitated about going forward with the work, through dread of the world power, Medo-Persia, influenced by the craft of Samaria.
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Iddo, and he was the prophet, as Haggai is called the prophet, Hag. i.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Haggai is referred to in Ezr 5: 1; 6: 14; and in the New Testament (Heb
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But the lamp of Old-Testament prophecy shall yet make some bright and glorious efforts before it expire; and Haggai is the first that appears under the character of a special messenger from heaven, when the word of the Lord had been long precious (as when prophecy began, 1 Sam. iii.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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The name Haggai means "my feast"; given, according to Cocceius, in anticipation of the joyous return from exile.
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Haggai. (2 pages) The prophet urges the people to proceed with the rebuilding of the second Jerusalem temple after the return of the deportees.
1-line descriptions of the 73 books of the Bible (extracted from Wikipedia) Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Professor Haggai Ben-Shammai, the National Library's academic director, suggested that the British public in 1948 might not have been ready for a German novel so soon after the war.
Global bestseller was turned down 60 years ago by British publisher 2011
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Haggai. (2 pages) The prophet urges the people to proceed with the rebuilding of the second Jerusalem temple after the return of the deportees.
Archive 2009-04-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Following the January arrest of 17 demonstrators -- including the Executive Director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Haggai El-Ad -- the dialogue drifted towards East Jerusalem as a flashpoint for defending Israeli free speech and democracy.
Mya Guarnieri: Want Democracy in Israel? Acknowledge the Palestinian Right to Return 2010
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