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Jagur

Jagur, a town in the Negev region of Judah (Joshua 15:21).

Jagur was a town located in the Negev, the southern desert region of Judah (Joshua 15:21). It was part of the inheritance given to the tribe of Judah during the division of the Promised Land. The town is mentioned only once in the Bible, and no additional details about its history or significance are provided. Its exact location remains unknown.

Approximate location: 31.186, 34.967 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas

Bible dictionary

Jagur Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Place of sojourn, a city on the southern border of Judah (Josh. 15:21).

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Jagur Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(lodging), a town of Judah, one of those farthest to the south, on the frontier of Edom. (Joshua 15:21)

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Jagur Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

husbandman; stranger

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Jagur Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

JA'GUR, a city on the south-eastern frontier of Judah, near Edom, Josh 15:21; perhaps to be associated with the following word. See Kinah.

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Jagur Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

JA'GUR, a city on the south-eastern frontier of Judah, near Edom, Josh 15:21; perhaps to be associated with the following word. See Kinah.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Jagur appears

1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H3017

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Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.