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Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8044

שַׁמְגַּר

sham.gar · “Shamgar”

Used 2 times across 1 book

Definition
A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.31;
son of: Anath (H6067)
§ Shamgar = "sword"
son of Anath and a judge of Israel; with an ox-goad he slew 600 Philistines and delivered Israel
Where it appears
Judges
2
In the text
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.

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