AGUR
gatherer; the collector, mentioned as author of the sayings in Prov. 30. Nothing is known of him beyond what is there recorded.......
GUR
a whelp, a place near Ibleam where Jehu's servants overtook and mortally wounded king Ahaziah (2-Kings 9:27); an ascent from the plain of Jezreel.......
GUR-BAAL
sojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia (2-Chr 26:7) where there was probably a temple of Baal.......
JAGUR
place of sojourn, a city on the southern border of Judah (Josh. 15:21). ......
LIGURE
(Heb. leshem) occurs only in Exo 28:19 39:12, 39: as the name of a stone in the third row on the high priest's breastplate. Some have supposed that this stone was the same as the jacinth (q.v.), others that it was the opal. There is now no mineral bearing this name. The "ligurite" is so named from Liguria in Italy, where it was found. ......
TRANSFIGURATION, THE
of our Lord on a "high mountain apart," is described by each of the three evangelists (Matt. 17:1; Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28). The fullest account is given by Luke, who, no doubt, was informed by Peter, who was present on the occasion. What these evangelists record was an absolute historical reality, and not a mere vision. The concurrence between them in all the circumstances of the incident is exact. J......