Reference: Agar

The sons of Agar are mentioned in Bar 3:23; they are called Hagarenes in Ps 83:6, and Hagrites in 1Ch 5:19-20; 27:31. Their country lay east of Gilead.

A'gar

See HAGAR.

A'gar.

[HAGAR]

See Hagar

AGAR, mount Sinai, so called, Ga 4:24-25. But this reading is doubtful, many MSS. having the verse, "for this Sinai is a mountain of Arabia." Some critics however contend for the reading of the received text, and urge that Agar, which signifies "a rocky mountain," is the Arabic name for Sinai.