Strong's Hebrew · H2771

חָרָן

Chârân · kaw-rawn'

Haran.

Definition

Charan, the name of a man and also of a place

Derivation

from H2787 (חָרַר); parched;

Appears 12 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.

2 Kings 19:12

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?

Genesis 11:32

Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

Genesis 28:10

Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

Genesis 27:43

So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

Genesis 12:5

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,

1 Chronicles 2:46

Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

Genesis 29:4

“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

Genesis 12:4

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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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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