Bible Name

View in English, Hebrew Name Haggai (Chagai) - חַגַּי Gender Time of appearance The Biblical Era Meaning The name’s root is חגג, which means: to circumscribe, to dance, to celebrate. History Haggai was one of the prophets of the return to Zion. He carried God’s order to build the Second Temple. Citation “In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest.” Haggai 1, 1 Categories

Haggai (Chagai) - חַגַּי

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