Hebrew

Shamgar

שַׁמְגַּרStrong’s H8044

shamgar (sham-gar)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shamgar is the Hebrew word usually translated “shamgar”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And 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 3:31 KJV

Meaning

A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.31

How it's translated

shamgar 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Judges 2

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture

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.

Hebrew dictionary

שַׁמְגַּר shamgar · Shamgar

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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.