A name from Scripture
Shamgar
SHAM-gar
Meaning
Sword; Named after a Hurrian deity
Hebrew/Hurrian origin · Boy · First in Judges
What it points to
Shamgar killed 600 Philistines with a farm tool. His story teaches that God doesn't need your best equipment — He needs your availability. Use what you have, start where you are.
Verses · King James Version
“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 3:31
“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.”
Judges 5:6