Nahor
נָחוֹרStrong’s H5152nachor (na-chor)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nachor is the Hebrew word usually translated “nahor”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:”
Meaning
- Son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham
- Son of Terah and brother of Abraham
- Son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham
- Son of Terah and brother of Abraham
How it's translated
- nahor 14
- to nahor 3
- and nahor 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 15
- Joshua 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 11:23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
- Genesis 11:25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- Genesis 11:27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
- Genesis 11:29And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Hebrew dictionary
נָחוֹר nachor · Nahor
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.22; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646) Also named: Nachōr (Ναχώρ "Nahor" G3493) § Nahor = "snorting" 1) son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham 2) son of Terah and brother of Abraham
נָחוֹר nachor · Nahor
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26; son of: Terah (H8646); brother of: Abraham (H0085), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283); married to Milcah (H4435) and Reumah (H7208); father of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044), Bethuel (H1328A), Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Nahor = "snorting" 1) son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham 2) son of Terah and brother of Abraham
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.