Easton's Bible Dictionary An answer; i.e., to "prayer", the father of Shamgar, who was one of the judges of Israel (Judges 3:31). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ANATH a'-nath (`anath): Father of Shamgar (Judges 3:31; Judges 5:6). This name is connected with the Phoenician and Canaanite goddess `Anat, which was also worshipped in Egypt. She is mentioned in monuments of the 18th Dynasty, coupled with the war-goddess Astart (Moore, Judges, 105-896; DB; EB).

Multi-Version Concordance Anath (4 Occurrences) Joshua 19:38 Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Judges 1:33 Naphtali didn't drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Judges 3:31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck of the Philistines six hundred men with an oxgoad: and he also saved Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Judges 5:6 "In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)