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Haggai

American  
[hag-ee-ahy, hag-ahy] / ˈhæg iˌaɪ, ˈhæg aɪ /
Douay Bible, Aggeus

noun

  1. a Minor Prophet of the 6th century b.c.

  2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Hag.


Haggai British  
/ ˈhæɡeɪˌaɪ /

noun

  1. a Hebrew prophet, whose oracles are usually dated between August and December of 520 bc

  2. the book in which these oracles are contained, chiefly concerned with the rebuilding of the Temple after the Exile

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Israeli army retrieved the bodies of an elderly couple, Judy and Gadi Haggai, in the Gazan city of Khan Younis on Thursday.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

Andrea Weinstein received similar news after the Israeli government in late December disclosed the deaths of her sister, Judy — previously thought to be among the living hostages — and her husband, Gad Haggai.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

The latest disclosed death was that of a 73-year-old dual citizen of Israel and the United States, Gadi Haggai.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2023

Gadi Haggai, a 73-year-old man taken hostage in the Hamas-led invasion of Israel, is now believed to have died in the Oct.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2023

That message, as committed to Haggai, was, ‘I am with you, saith the Lord.’

From Kept for the Master's Use by Havergal, Frances Ridley

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