Agar is the personal name used in an allegorical comparison involving covenant, slavery, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem.

Agar is used as a personal name within an allegorical comparison: Galatians 4:24 links her with a covenant from Mount Sinai and slavery, while Galatians 4:25 extends the comparison to Mount Sinai and the present Jerusalem.

1. Personal name in an allegorical comparison · dominant

   Both occurrences are nominative singular feminine forms. In Galatians 4:24 the APB renders the clause "which is Hagar" after describing a covenant from Mount Sinai that bears children for slavery; in Galatians 4:25 it renders "Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia" and connects her with the present Jerusalem and slavery.

   Galatians 4:24Galatians 4:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name directly in both verses, first identifying it within the allegory and then stating that Hagar stands for Mount Sinai. Its explanatory wording should not be treated as a separate definition of the name.