Hag·gai /ˈhægiˌaɪ, ˈhæˌgaɪ/
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 Haggai
      n 1: a Hebrew minor prophet [syn: Aggeus]
      2: an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which
         are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the
         Babylonian Captivity [syn: Aggeus, Book of Haggai]


 Haggai
    festive, one of the twelve so-called minor prophets. He was the
    first of the three (Zechariah, his contemporary, and Malachi,
    who was about one hundred years later, being the other two)
    whose ministry belonged to the period of Jewish history which
    began after the return from captivity in Babylon. Scarcely
    anything is known of his personal history. He may have been one
    of the captives taken to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. He began his
    ministry about sixteen years after the Return. The work of
    rebuilding the temple had been put a stop to through the
    intrigues of the Samaritans. After having been suspended for
    fifteen years, the work was resumed through the efforts of
    Haggai and Zechariah (Ezra 6:14), who by their exhortations
    roused the people from their lethargy, and induced them to take
    advantage of the favourable opportunity that had arisen in a
    change in the policy of the Persian government. (See DARIUS
    �T0000975 [2].) Haggai's prophecies have thus been
    characterized:, "There is a ponderous and simple dignity in the
    emphatic reiteration addressed alike to every class of the
    community, prince, priest, and people, 'Be strong, be strong, be
    strong' (2:4). 'Cleave, stick fast, to the work you have to do;'
    or again, 'Consider your ways, consider, consider, consider'
    (1:5, 7;2:15, 18). It is the Hebrew phrase for the endeavour,
    characteristic of the gifted seers of all times, to compel their
    hearers to turn the inside of their hearts outwards to their own
    view, to take the mask from off their consciences, to 'see life
    steadily, and to see it wholly.'", Stanley's Jewish Church. (See SIGNET.)



 Haggai, feast; solemnity