אָגוּר
𐤀𐤂𐤅𐤓
Agur
H94 noun
SILEX Entry
Definition
Proper name: Agur. A personal name of uncertain origin and meaning, borne by the author introduced in Proverbs 30:1, where he is identified as 'the son of Jakeh.' The syntactic and lexical context does not indicate a clear lexical meaning in this context, and Agur is treated as a proper personal name rather than an ordinary noun or adjective. Lexically, as a passive participle of the root 'to gather,' the name could potentially mean 'gathered' or 'one who is gathered,' but this is conjectural and not explicit in the biblical text.
Semantic Range
(as a personal name) Agur; (passive participle: gathered, assembled) — this usage is speculative and not attested as a common noun in the Hebrew Bible
Root / Etymology
From the root אָגַר (ʼ-g-r), meaning 'to gather.' In its base verb form, this root occurs in contexts of accumulating or collecting, such as gathering together people or goods. אָגוּר (ʼÂgûwr) is the passive participle form and would most literally mean 'gathered.' However, as a proper name, it is not certain that the original sense is intended or preserved. Etymology uncertain as to why it is assigned as a name.
Historical & Contextual Notes
The name Agur occurs only once in the Hebrew Bible, in the heading to Proverbs 30:1 ('The words of Agur son of Jakeh, the oracle'). The form and syntactic placement suggest a personal name and the passage presents Agur as an author or sage. No further biographical details are provided in the text, and Agur does not appear elsewhere in biblical literature or in any known extrabiblical sources from the period. Traditional and later interpretations sometimes identify Agur with Solomon or treat the name as symbolic, but there is no direct textual or linguistic evidence for these views within the biblical text itself. English translations generally transliterate the name as Agur. The suggestion in some older resources that it is a 'fanciful' or cryptic name for Solomon is a later interpretive tradition not grounded in the Hebrew lexical evidence.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
passive participle of אָגַר; gathered (i.e. received among the sages); Agur, a fanciful name for Solomon; Agur.
Bantu Hebrew
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אגר (ʾ-g-r) — to gather, collect, assemble
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| H103 | אָגַר | she gathered |
| H104 | אִגְּרָא | the official dispatch |
| H107 | אִגֶּרֶת | in official letters |
| H95 | אֲגוֹרָה | for a small silver-coin of |
Word Forms
1 distinct form
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H94-01 |
אָג֥וּר | agur | HNp |
Agur | Agur | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H94-01 |
Proverbs 30:1 | אָג֥וּר | agur | HNp |
Agur | Agur |