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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50109" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50109" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Bugean]] </strong> . | <p> <strong> [[Bugean]] </strong> . A descriptive epithet applied to [[Haman]] in Ad. Est 12:6 RV [Note: Revised Version.] (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] has ‘Agagite’). <em> Bougaios </em> occurs in [[Homer]] ( <em> Il </em> . xiii. 824, <em> [[Od]] </em> . xviii. 79) as a term of reproach = ‘bully’ or ‘braggart.’ Whether the Sept. intended it in this sense, or as a gentilic adjective, is wholly uncertain. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1867" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_1867" /> == |
Revision as of 11:07, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Bugean . A descriptive epithet applied to Haman in Ad. Est 12:6 RV [Note: Revised Version.] (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] has ‘Agagite’). Bougaios occurs in Homer ( Il . xiii. 824, Od . xviii. 79) as a term of reproach = ‘bully’ or ‘braggart.’ Whether the Sept. intended it in this sense, or as a gentilic adjective, is wholly uncertain.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
bū̇ -jē´an , bū´jē̇ -an ( Βουγαῖος , Bougaı́os ): An epithet given to Haman in Apocrypha, Additions to Esther (12:6, the Revised Version (British and American); the King James Version has "Agagite").