Meaning of the name: or Hagar, a stranger; one that fears. Related names are:
Sinai,
Arabia, and
Jerusalem. The translations of Agar in 18 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
هاجر in Arabic to
Haagaar in Somali!
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. (GAL 4:24)
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. (GAL 4:25)