Strong's Hebrew · H2771
H2771 Chârân
חָרָן
kaw-rawn'
Haran
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Chârân appears 12 times in Scripture, including Genesis 11:31 and 2 Kings 19:12. 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
Charan, the name of a man and also of a place
In the King James Version
Haran.
Derivation
from H2787 (חָרַר); parched;
Appears 12 times in Scripture
“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.”
“Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?”
“Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.”
“Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.”
“So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.”
“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,”
“Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.”
““My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.”
“So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.”
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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).
