Bible Names

Haggith: meaning of the name

Haggith means “rejoicing.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)girl name

Haggith in Hebrew and Greek

חַגִּית H2294

Chaggîyth (khag-gheeth') — Chaggith, a wife of David

feminine of H2291 (חַגִּי); festive;

Who named Haggith in the Bible

Haggith in Scripture

“Haggith” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • 2 Samuel 3:4

    And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

  • 1 Kings 1:5

    Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

  • 1 Kings 1:11

    Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

  • 1 Kings 2:13

    And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath–sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:2

    The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: