Strong's Lexicon
G28 — Ἄγαρ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G28 |
|---|---|
| Word: | Ἄγαρ |
| Part of Speech: | Name Person |
| Etymology: | of Hebrew origin (H1904) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | Agar |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ag'-ar |
| Meaning: | 1. Hagar, the concubine of Abraham |
| KJV Renderings: | Hagar |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ἄγαρ (WH Ἅγάρ (see their Introductory § 408)), ἡ, indeclinable, (in Josephus, Ἀγάρα, (ης), äÈâÈø (flight), Hagar, a bondmaid of Abraham, and by him the mother of Ishmael (Gen 16:1-16): Gal 4:24 ( L text T omit; Tr brackets). Since the Arabians according to Paul (who had formerly dwelt among them, Gal 1:17) called the rocky Matt. Sinai by a name similar in sound to äâø ( i. e. rock), the apostle in the passage referred to employs the name Hagar allegorically to denote the servile sense of fear with which the Mosaic economy imbued its subjects. (Cf. B. D. American edition, pp. 978, 2366 note {a}; Lightfoot’s remarks appended to his Commentary on galatians, the passage cited.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Ἇγαρ (Hagar)
Galatians 4:24
- KJV: Which things are an allegory for these are the two covenants the one from the mount Sinai which gendereth to bondage which is Agar
- GK: άτινά εστιν αλληγορούμενα αύται γαρ εισιν αι δύο διαθήκαι μία μεν από όρους Σινά εις δουλείαν γεννώσα ήτις εστίν Αγάρ
Galatians 4:25
- KJV: For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to Jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children
- GK: το γαρ Αγάρ Σινά όρος εστίν εν τη Αραβία συστοιχεί δε τη νυν Ιερουσαλήμ δουλεύει δε μετά των τέκνων αυτής
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