Anath

Anath in the Topics

An answer; i.e., to “prayer”, the father of Shamgar, who was one of the judges of Israel (Judg 3:31).

Named in the Bible

2 verses

  • Judges 3:31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
  • Judges 5:6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.