Ἄγαρ

See also: Άγαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἅγαρ (Hágar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew הָגָר (Hāġār).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǎː.ɡaːr/ → /ˈa.ɣar/ → /ˈa.ɣar/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎː.ɡaːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡar/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣar/

Proper noun

Ᾱ̓́γᾱρ • (Ā́gār) f (indeclinable)

1. Hagar
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 21:17:

     εἰσήκουσε δὲ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ παιδίου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἦν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἄγγελος Θεοῦ τὴν Ἄγαρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· τί ἐστιν Ἄγαρ; μὴ φοβοῦ· ἐπακήκοε γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ παιδίου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἐστιν.

     eisḗkouse dè ho Theòs tês phōnês toû paidíou ek toû tópou, hoû ên, kaì ekálesen ángelos Theoû tḕn Ágar ek toû ouranoû kaì eîpen autēî; tí estin Ágar? mḕ phoboû; epakḗkoe gàr ho Theòs tês phōnês toû paidíou ek toû tópou, hoû estin.

     And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Agar out of heaven, and said to her, What is it, Agar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is.

Descendants

• Greek: Άγαρ (Ágar)
• → Old Armenian: Հագար (Hagar)

References

• G28 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible