Strong H1904הָגָר
Hagar
- Transliteration
- hâgâr
- Pronunciation
- haw-gawr'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation;
{Hagar} the mother of Ishmael: - Hagar.
{Hagar} the mother of Ishmael: - Hagar.
Meaning of the name
Hagar = "flight"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Hagar
Sarah's Egyptian maidservant; mother of Ishmael.
Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian maidservant, bore Abraham a son named Ishmael and is also mentioned in Paul's allegory in Galatians.
In the Bible
Strong H1904 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hagar10
First verses
- Genesis 16:1Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Genesis 16:3And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
- Genesis 16:4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
- Genesis 16:8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
- Genesis 16:15And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
- Genesis 16:16And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
- Genesis 21:9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
- Genesis 21:14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.
- Genesis 21:17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
- Genesis 25:12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham: