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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Agur:

gatherer; the collector, mentioned as author of the sayings in Prov. 30. Nothing is known of him beyond what is there recorded.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Agur:

stranger; gathered together

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Agur:

a'-gur ('aghur, seeming, from comparison with Arabic roots, to mean either "hireling," or "collector," "gatherer"): One of the contributors to Proverbs; his words being included in Pr 30. He takes an agnostic attitude toward God and transcendent things, and in general the range of his thought, as compared with that of other authors, is pedestrian. He shows, however, a tender reverence and awe. His most notable utterance, perhaps, is the celebrated Prayer of Agur (Pr 30:7-9), which gives expression to a charming golden mean of practical ideal. His sayings are constructed on a rather artificial plan; having the form of the so-called numerical proverb.

Written by John Franklin Genung

See PROVERBS, THE BOOK OF

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Agur:

(a gatherer, i.e. together of wise men) The son of Jakeh, an unknown Hebrew sage who uttered or collected the sayings of wisdom recorded in Proverbs 30.

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