Midvash

שַׁמְגַּרShamgar

proper name, masculine: a 'judge, ' son of Anath (Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6)

Pronunciation: sham-gar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8044

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 3:31 Shamgar Becomes Israel’s Judge After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath rescued Israel. He once killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad.
  • Judges 5:6 “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, and in the days of Jael, people avoided the main roads, and travelers stayed on winding pathways.

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).