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- Agur [N] [E] [H] (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 Prov 30.
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2. ( n.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences. 3. ( n.) One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. 4.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. 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 Proverbs 30.
The meaning of Augury in the Bible. ( From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ) o'-gu-ri o'-gur-i: This word occurs in the Revised Version (British and American) in Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18:10, Deuteronomy 18:14; II Kings 21:6, and the parallel in II Chronicles 33:6.
AUGURY [ISBE] See DIVINATION. I. Definition. The derivation of "augur" is doubtful, but that it means strictly to divine from the flight of birds is suggested by its likeliest etymology (avis, gur) and especially from the fact that in early Latin the augur was called auspex ( = avi spex).
We have a similar phrase similarly misunderstood by our translators in Genesis 12:6 where the "oak of Moreh" should be "the oak" (or "terebinth?") "of the diviner" or "augur," for moreh is also a part. = "one who teaches" or "directs." Probably the same tree is meant, since in each ease the neighborhood is that of Shechem.
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