Definition of Book of Haggai

1. Noun. An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity.

Exact synonyms: Aggeus, Haggai
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Old Testament, Nebiim, Prophets

Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Of Haggai

Boodhist
Boodhists
Boogeyman
Book of Amos
Book of Baruch
Book of Common Prayer
Book of Daniel
Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Ecclesiastes
Book of Esther
Book of Exodus
Book of Ezekiel
Book of Ezra
Book of Genesis
Book of Habakkuk
Book of Haggai (current term)
Book of Hosea
Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Job
Book of Joel
Book of Jonah
Book of Joshua
Book of Judges
Book of Judith
Book of Lamentations
Book of Leviticus
Book of Malachi
Book of Micah
Book of Mormon

Literary usage of Book of Haggai

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of the Twelve Prophets Commonly Called the Minor by George Adam Smith (1898)
"CHAPTER XVII THE Book of Haggai THE Book of Haggai contains thirty-eight verses, which have been divided between two chapters.1 The text is, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"To this consummation, with its necessary accompaniment in the extinction of prophecy, the book of Haggai already points. ..."

3. Works by Jean Calvin, Calvin translation society (1848)
"A TRANSLAT ION OF CALVIN'S VERSION OF THE Book of Haggai. CHAPTER I. 1 IN the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the ..."

4. Historic Notes on the Books of the Old and New Testaments by Samuel Sharpe (1858)
"ON THE Book of Haggai. HAGGAI wrote in the second year of Darius Hystaspes, king of Persia, BC 520, when Zerubbabel was governor of Judea under the Persians ..."

5. A popular introduction to the study of the holy Scriptures by William Carpenter (1826)
"The Book of Haggai. This prophet lived about 520 years before Christ. He was raised up for the purpose of stimulating Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the people, ..."

6. A Commentary on the Book of Daniel by Moses Stuart (1850)
"It is proper to remark, here, that the book of Haggai, also a prophet of the exile-period, is a very short one, and has only one specific object in view. ..."

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