HebrewH5152Proper Noun (Masculine)

נָחוֹר

na.chor

17Occurrences
H5152Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham

from the same as H5170 (נַחַר); snorer;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646) Also named: Nachōr (*Ναχώρ *"Nahor" G3493) § Nahor = "snorting" 1) son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham 2) son of Terah and brother of Abraham

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נָחוֹר appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
15
1 Chronicles
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:26BSB

Serug, Nahor, Terah,

Genesis 11:24BSB

When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

Genesis 11:27BSB

This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

Genesis 22:23BSB

And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Genesis 24:24BSB

She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”

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