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HebrewH2771Noun

חָרָן

cha.ran

11Occurrences
H2771Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from H2787 (חָרַר); parched;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

חָרָן appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

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

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:46BSB

Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

Ezk 27:23BSB

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Genesis 11:32BSB

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

Genesis 12:5BSB

And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan.When they came to the land of Canaan,

Genesis 28:10BSB

Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

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