Hebrew word · H1905

הַגְרִי

hahagri'im

Hagri

A people name: "Hagrites." It also appears as hagrim (Ps 83:6) and in 1 Chr 5:10; 27:31 (Jaziz "the Hagrite" over David's flocks).

Appears 6 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.5.10;

father of: Mibhar (H4006)

§ Hagarenes or Hagarites

n pr gent

1) a people dwelling to the east of Palestine, with whom the tribes of Reuben made war in the time of Saul

adj patr

2) of one of David's servants

Haggeri = "wanderer"

3) father of Mibhar and one of David's mighty warriors

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 5:20

Range of meaning

A people name: "Hagrites." It also appears as hagrim (Ps 83:6) and in 1 Chr 5:10; 27:31 (Jaziz "the Hagrite" over David's flocks).

Against the English

KJV/YLT "Hagarites" suggests descent from Hagar. Modern versions use "Hagrites," which is closer to the Hebrew and does not decide where the name comes from.

Used elsewhere in the period

Ps 83:6 lists the Hagrites separately from the Ishmaelites. Assyrian royal inscriptions (Tiglath-pileser III, Sennacherib) name a people called Hagaranu. Some have also linked the name to Hegra (al-Hijr) in north-western Arabia and to the "Agraioi" of Greek geographers.

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 5

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:10 הַֽהַגְרִאִ֔ים the Hagrites

    During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.

  2. 1 Chronicles 5:19 הַֽהַגְרִיאִ֑ים the Hagrites

    They waged war against the Hagrites, as well as Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.

  3. 1 Chronicles 5:20 הַֽהַגְרִיאִ֔ים the Hagrites

    And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.

    Here: The Hagrites, a pastoral people east of Gilead. They are the grammatical subject of "were given," placed after the verb, as Hebrew often does.

  4. 1 Chronicles 11:38 הַגְרִֽי׃ ס Hagri

    Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri,

  5. 1 Chronicles 27:31 הַֽהַגְרִ֑י the Hagrite

    Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks. All these officials were in charge of King David’s property.

Psalms · 1

  1. Psalm 83:6 וְהַגְרִֽים׃ and [the] Hagrites

    the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

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