הַגְרִיHagrîy
a Hagrite or member of a certain Arabian clan
Pronunciation: hag-ree' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1905
Meanings
1. a tribe (Aramaean? Arabian?) with which the east Jordan Israelites waged successful war (Psalms 83:7; 1 Chronicles 5:10; 1 Chronicles 5:19)
2. of an officer of David (1 Chronicles 27:31)
3. father of one of David's warriors (1 Chronicles 11:38; 2 Samuel 23:36)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 5:10 During the reign of Saul, the Reubenites defeated the Hagrites in battle. Then they moved into the Hagrite settlements all along the eastern edge of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 5:19 They waged war against the Hagrites, the Jeturites, the Naphishites, and the Nodabites.
- 1 Chronicles 5:20 They cried out to God during the battle, and he answered their prayer because they trusted in him. So the Hagrites and all their allies were defeated.
- 1 Chronicles 11:38 Joel, the brother of Nathan; Mibhar son of Hagri;
- 1 Chronicles 27:31 Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the king’s flocks of sheep and goats. All these officials were overseers of King David’s property.
- Psalms 83:6 these Edomites and Ishmaelites; Moabites and Hagrites;
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).