Strong's Hebrew · H8646

H8646 Terach

תֶּרַח

teh'-rakh

Terah

Terach appears 13 times in Scripture, including Genesis 11:24 and Numbers 33:27. 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

Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert

In the King James Version

Tarah, Terah.

Derivation

of uncertain derivation;

Appears 13 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 11:32

“Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.”

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 11:24

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

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.”

Genesis 11:25

“And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.”

Numbers 33:27

“They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.”

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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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