hagar · Hagar

What it means

hagar (הָגָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hagar”.

The Egyptian slave of Sarai, mother of Ishmael.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Genesis 16:1

  Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him children; and she had an Egyptian slave woman whose name was Hagar.

• Genesis 16:3

  So Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her slave woman, at the end of ten years of Abram’s living in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.

• Genesis 16:4

  He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress became of little account in her eyes.

• Genesis 16:8

  He said, “Hagar, slave woman of Sarai, where from have you come, and where are you going?” She said, “From the presence of Sarai my mistress I am fleeing.”

• Genesis 16:15

  Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

• Genesis 16:16

  Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

• Genesis 21:9

  But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, laughing.

• Genesis 21:14

  Abraham rose early in the morning, took bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and also the child, and sent her away. She went and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

• Genesis 21:17

  Elohim heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of Elohim called to Hagar from the heavens and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for Elohim has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

• Genesis 25:12

  These are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham.

And 2 more times.