הָרָן
ha.ranProper Noun (Masculine)H2039
Haran
From: perhaps from H2022 (הַר); mountaineer;
Short Definition
Haran, the name of two men
Full Lexicon Entry
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Terah (H8646); brother of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H) and Sarah (H8283); father of: Lot (H3876), Milcah (H4435) and Iscah (H3252) § Haran = "mountaineer" 1) youngest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah; born and died in Ur of the Chaldees 2) a Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei 3) a son of Caleb by the concubine ) name of the place to which Abraham migrated from Ur of the Chaldees and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves; probably located in Mesopotamia, in Padanaram, the cultivated district at the foot of the hills between the Khabour and the Euphrates below Mount Masius
Grammar
Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology N:N-M-P
DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
6 timesAppears 6 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Genesis
5
1 Chronicles
1
Key Passages
- 1 Chronicles 23:9
- Genesis 11:26
- Genesis 11:27
- Genesis 11:28
- Genesis 11:29
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