חָרָן

cha.ranNounH2771

Haran

From: from H2787 (חָרַר); parched;

Short Definition

Charan, the name of a man and also of a place

Full Lexicon Entry

Haran = "mountaineer" the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates Also named: Charran (*Χαρράν *"Haran" G5488)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun

Morphology N:N--L

DescriptionN:N--L

Occurrences

11 times

Appears 11 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Genesis
7
1 Chronicles
1
2 Kings
1
Ezk
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 2:46
  • Ezk 27:23
  • Genesis 11:32
  • Genesis 12:5
  • Genesis 28:10

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.