Agur (Heb. ‘í‚gûr, “to gather”, “laborer” or “outsider”; also occurs in sudar. and ugar.). Son of Jaqué and author of part or all of Pro_30 (v 1). Other information about his person is unknown.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
native of Arabia, sage to whom the authorship of chapter 30, 1-14 of the book of Proverbs is attributed. Perhaps due to the contact between the Arab and Jewish peoples, this piece was incorporated into the wisdom book. And as we read in the same place, he was the son of Yaqué, of the Ismaelite tribe of Massá, north of Arabia, Gn 25, 14; 1 Cro 1, 30. The Latin version of Saint Jerome, the Vulgate, does not see here this proper name of A. Ahava, unknown site, on the banks of a river where Ezra gathered a second contingent of Jews to return to Jerusalem from exile in Babylon Esd 8, 15-23 and 31.
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Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(Heb.,†™aghur, collector). Author of Proverbs 30, otherwise unknown. His words are described as “an oracle”, thus claiming to be divinely inspired. Many, on the other hand, opt for the suggestion that he is the name of a place: Massa (Gen 25:14, Gen 25:16).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Author of some words, qualified as “prophecy”, which appear in Pr. 30, in whose first verse it is said that he was “son of Jaqué”. There is no historical data on this character. The title of chap. it seems that it only refers to vv. from 1 to 14 and that is how the †¢Septuagint interpreted it. These verses bear a certain resemblance to some passages in Job.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, BIOG HOMB HOAT = “gatherer”. Son of Jaque, and author of a collection of proverbs (Prov. 30:1-14). Jerome and many other of the fathers were of the opinion that it was a symbolic name of Solomon. This is highly unlikely, since a paternal name is given. Rather, these names seem to indicate that these sayings were collected from ancient sources prior to Israel, such as Job. The section heading does not appear in the LXX.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Son of Jaqué and writer of chapter 30 of the book of Proverbs. (Pr 30:1) Nothing else is said to identify this character. It is likely that he lived between the reigns of Solomon (1037-998 BCE) and Hezekiah (745-717 BCE).
According to some rabbinic scholars, the name Agur is allegorical and applies to Solomon. Thus, in the footnote to Proverbs 30:1 in the Soncino Books of the Bible, the following quotation from the Midras is included: “He was called Agur because he stored up (agar) knowledge of Torah, and the son of Jaqué, because he vomited it up (hikki) by ignoring the warning not to multiply wives† (A. Cohen edition, London, 1952). However, there is also no unanimity among Jewish commentators on this point of view. Many are those who believe that the change in style, language and content indicates that there is a different writer.
Source: Dictionary of the Bible