Haran
חָרָןStrong’s H2771charan (cha-ran)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Charan is the Hebrew word usually translated “haran”, “from haran” and “haran towards”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.”
Meaning
- Haran = "mountaineer"
- A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.46
How it's translated
- haran 5
- in haran 2
- from haran 2
- haran towards 2
- and haran 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 7
- 2 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Isaiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 11:32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
- Genesis 12:4So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 12:5And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
- Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
- Genesis 28:10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
- Genesis 29:4And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
Hebrew dictionary
חָרָן charan · Haran
Haran = "mountaineer" the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates Also named: Charran (Χαρράν "Haran" G5488)
חָרָן charan · Haran
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.46; son of: Caleb (H3612H) and Ephah (H5891H); brother of: Moza (H4162) and Gazez (H1495); half-brother of: Hur (H2354), Jesher (H3475), Shobab (H7727H), Ardon (H0715), Mareshah@1Ch.2.42 (H4337), Jahdai (H3056), Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647), Shaaph (H8174H), Sheva (H7724) and Achsah (H5915H); father of: Gazez (H1495H) § Haran = "mountaineer" a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.