Strong H8044שַׁמְגַּר
Shamgar
- Transliteration
- shamgar
- Pronunciation
- sham-gar'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Of uncertain derivation;
{Shamgar} an Israelite judge: - Shamgar.
{Shamgar} an Israelite judge: - Shamgar.
Meaning of the name
Shamgar = "sword"
Detailed definition
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.31;
son of: Anath (H6067)
son of: Anath (H6067)
In the biblical story
Shamgar
Judge of Israel who killed 600 Philistines
Shamgar, the son of Anath, was a judge of Israel who delivered the nation by killing 600 Philistines with an oxgoad.
In the Bible
Strong H8044 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shamgar2
First verses
- Judges 3:31And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
- Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.