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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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But six days ago, the kibbutz announced that Haggai was killed Oct.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2023

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, 73, was reportedly taken alongside his wife Judi near Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel on 7 October.

From BBC Dec. 22, 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

He tells us, however, that the subject of his discourses, delivered daily, were the prophecies of Haggai, which he found to be "proper for the time."

From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by George Reid

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