Strong's Definition
from an unused root (meaning to collect as water); a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
KJV Usage: pond, pool, standing (water)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲגַם (a.gam) — pool. 1) pool, troubled pool 1a) troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools, marshes 1b) any pool, pond 1c) swamp reeds, reeds, rush(es)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · אָגֵם · אַגְמֹון
Waterbodies | ≈ יְאֹר · מֹוצָאֵי מַיִם · מַבּוּעַ מַיִם · מַעְבָּרָה · מַעְיָן · נָהָר
pool, marsh = small body of stagnant water, usually in swampy area; ≈ seen as a blessing when contrasted with the desert, but as a curse when contrasted with a developed area
EXO 7:19 · EXO 8:1 · PSA 107:35 · PSA 114:8 · ISA 14:23 · ISA 35:7 · ISA 41:18 · ISA 42:15 · JER 51:32
noun m
Fortifications | ≈ מַעְבָּרָה
fortress exact meaning unsure: = building ► used for defense purposes
1 JER 51:32 NIV NJPS NRSV CEV [1a] |RSV NJB REB GNT [2a]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲגַם n.[m.] troubled pool troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools or marshes
any pool, pond
swamp-reed, rush
base