BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8044
sham.gar — 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
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6067
a.nat — Anath
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.31; father of: Shamgar (H8044) § Anath = "answer" father of Shamgar
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →The Philistines from the maritime plain had made incursions into the Hebrew upland for the purposes of plunder, when one of this name, the son of Anath, otherwise unknown, headed a rising for the purpose of freeing the land from this oppression. He repelled the invasion, slaying 600 men with an “ox goad” (q.v.). The goad was a formidable sharpointed instrument, sometimes ten feet long. He was probably contemporary for a time with Deborah and Barak (Judg. 3:31; 5:6).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
