Strong's Hebrew · H2039

H2039 Hârân

הָרָן

haw-rawn'

Haran

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Hârân appears 7 times in Scripture, in Genesis and 1 Chronicles. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Haran, the name of two men

In the King James Version

Haran.

Derivation

perhaps from H2022 (הַר); mountaineer;

Appears 7 times in Scripture

Genesis 11:31

“And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.”

Genesis 11:29

“And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.”

Genesis 11:27

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

Genesis 11:26

“When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.”

Genesis 11:28

“During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.”

1 Chronicles 23:9

“The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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