Strong's Hebrew · H2039

הָרָן

Hârân · haw-rawn'

Haran.

Definition

Haran, the name of two men

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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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