Agur

In Bible versions:

Agur: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

son of Jakeh of the Arabian tribe of Massa (OS)

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stranger; gathered together

Arts:

Arts Topics: The Words of Agur

Hebrew

Strongs #094: rwga 'Aguwr

Agur = "gathered"

1) son of Jakeh, an author or compiler of Pr 30:1-33

94 'Aguwr aw-goor'

passive participle of 103; gathered (i.e. received among the
sages); Agur, a fanciful name for Solomon:-Agur.
see HEBREW for 0103

Agur [EBD]

gatherer; the collector, mentioned as author of the sayings in Prov. 30. Nothing is known of him beyond what is there recorded.

Agur [NAVE]

AGUR, son of Jakeh, Prov. 30:1.

AGUR [SMITH]

(a gatherer, i.e. together of wise men), The son of Jakeh, an unknown Hebrew sage who uttered or collected the sayings of wisdom recorded in Prov 30.

AGUR [ISBE]

AGUR - a'-gur ('aghur, seeming, from comparison with Arabic roots, to mean either "hireling," or "collector," "gatherer"): One of the contributors to Proverbs; his words being included in Prov 30. He takes an agnostic attitude toward God and transcendent things, and in general the range of his thought, as compared with that of other authors, is pedestrian. He shows, however, a tender reverence and awe. His most notable utterance, perhaps, is the celebrated Prayer of Agur (Prov 30:7-9), which gives expression to a charming golden mean of practical ideal. His sayings are constructed on a rather artificial plan; having the form of the so-called numerical proverb.

See under PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF, II, 6.

John Franklin Genung