Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
The Philistines from the maritime plain had made incursions into the Hebrew upland for the purposes of plunder, when one of this name, the son of Anath, otherwise unknown, headed a rising for the purpose of freeing the land from this oppression. ). The goad was a formidable sharpointed instrument, sometimes ten feet long. He was probably contemporary for a time with Deborah and Barak (Judg. 3:31; 5:6).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(sword), son of Anath, judge of Israel. When Israel was in a most depressed condition, Shamgar was raised up to be a deliverer. With no arms in his hand but an ox-goad, (Judges 3:31) comp. 1Sam 13:21 He made a desperate assault upon the Philistines, and slew 600 of them.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
), a judge of Israel of whom it is related that he slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad and delivered Israel. Jud 3:31.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
named a stranger; he is here a stranger