Hâgâr — H1904

Definition

feminine proper noun

Hagar, the mother of Ishmael

1. Hagar = "flight"
2. Sarah's Egyptian slave girl, Abraham's concubine, Ishmael's mother

Usually translated as

Hagar

Origin

of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation

Greek equivalents

• Ágar (G28)

Occurrences

Hâgâr occurs 12 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (10)

• Genesis 16:1 — Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar (הָגָֽר).
• Genesis 16:3 — And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar (הָגָ֤ר) 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 16:4 — And he went in unto Hagar (הָגָ֖ר), and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
• Genesis 16:8 — And he said, Hagar (הָגָ֞ר), Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
• Genesis 16:15 — And Hagar (הָגָ֛ר) bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
• Genesis 16:15 — And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar (הָגָ֖ר) bare, Ishmael.
• Genesis 16:16 — And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar (הָגָ֥ר) bare Ishmael to Abram.
• Genesis 21:9 — And Sarah saw the son of Hagar (הָגָ֧ר) the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
• Genesis 21:14 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar (הָ֠גָר), putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
• Genesis 21:17 — And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar (הָגָר֙) 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 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 (הָגָ֑ר)? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
• Genesis 25:12 — Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar (הָגָ֧ר) the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham: