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Haran
Biblical Persons & Places
Haran
Levite living at the time of Divided Monarchy
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.23.9;
only referred to as Haran (הָרָן);
son of Shimei;
a brother of Zimmah, Shelomoth and Haziel.
Haran
Man living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26;
only referred to as Haran (הָרָן);
son of Terah;
a brother of Abraham, Nahor and Sarah;
father of Lot, Milcah and Iscah.
Strong's Definition
Haran, the name of two men
Derivation: perhaps from H2022 (הַר); mountaineer;
KJV Usage: Haran.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Haran = "mountaineer"
n pr m
1) youngest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah; born and died in Ur of the Chaldees
2) a Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei
3) a son of Caleb by the concubine Ephah
n pr loc
4) name of the place to which Abraham migrated from Ur of the Chaldees and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves; probably located in Mesopotamia, in Padanaram, the cultivated district at the foot of the hills between the Khabour and the Euphrates below Mount Masius
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26;
son of: Terah (H8646);
brother of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H) and Sarah (H8283);
father of: Lot (H3876), Milcah (H4435) and Iscah (H3252)
§ Haran = "mountaineer"
1) youngest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah; born and died in Ur of the Chaldees
2) a Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei
3) a son of Caleb by the concubine Ephah
4) name of the place to which Abraham migrated from Ur of the Chaldees and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves; probably located in Mesopotamia, in Padanaram, the cultivated district at the foot of the hills between the Khabour and the Euphrates below Mount Masius
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
הָרָן
hârân
BDB Definition:
Haran = mountaineer
1) youngest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah; born and died in Ur of the Chaldees (noun proper masculine)
2) a Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei (noun proper masculine)
3) a son of Caleb by the concubine Ephah (noun proper masculine)
4) name of the place to which Abraham migrated from Ur of the Chaldees and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves; probably located in Mesopotamia, in Padanaram, the cultivated district at the foot of the hills between the Khabour and the Euphrates below Mount Masius (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Total KJV Occurrences: 7