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.

Meaning of the name

Hagar = "flight"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.16.1; married to Abraham (H85);
mother of: Ishmael (H3458)
Also named: Agar (Ἄγαρ "Hagar" G28)

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

  1. Genesis 16:1
    Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
  2. Genesis 16:3
    And 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.
  3. Genesis 16:4
    And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
  4. Genesis 16:8
    And 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.
  5. Genesis 16:15
    And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
  6. Genesis 16:16
    And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
  7. Genesis 21:9
    And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
  8. Genesis 21:14
    And 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.
  9. Genesis 21:17
    And 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.
  10. Genesis 25:12
    Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
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