Bible Dictionary
Hagarene
A Hagarene was a person associated with the descendants or people of Hagar. The term describes individuals serving in David’s administration and a people east of Israel who fought against the Transjordanian tribes.
Definition
A Hagarene, or Hagarite, was a person associated with the people descended from or named after Hagar. The designation was used of individuals serving in David’s administration as well as of a people east of Israel.
Biblical Usage
A Hagarene was among David’s mighty men, and Jaziz the Hagarene supervised David’s flocks. The Hagarites also fought against the Transjordanian tribes and later joined a confederacy against Israel.
Historical Background
The Hagarites were nomadic people accustomed to pasturing animals east of the Jordan. They were distinguished from the Ishmaelites.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Or Hagarite. (1.) One of David’s mighty men (1 Chr. 11:38), the son of a foreigner. (2.) Used of Jaziz (1 Chr. 27:31), who was over David’s flocks. “A Hagarite had charge of David’s flocks, and an Ishmaelite of his herds, because the animals were pastured in districts where these nomadic people were accustomed to feed their cattle.” (3.) In the reign of Saul a great war was waged between the trans-Jordanic tribes and the Hagarites (1 Chr. 5), who were overcome in battle. A great booty was captured by the two tribes and a half, and they took possession of the land of the Hagarites. Subsequently the “Hagarenes,” still residing in the land on the east of Jordan, entered into a conspiracy against Israel (comp. Ps. 83:6). They are distinguished from the Ishmaelites.