הָרָן

ha.ranHaran
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man7 occurrences2 books6 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Haran: A Levite of the Shimei clan during David's reign
  • Haran: Son of Terah, brother of Abraham and father of Lot

Definition

perhaps from H2022; mountaineer; Haran, the name of two men
Traditional renderings: Haran.

Glossary entries

Haran (Person)

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

7 total
  1. Genesis 11:26הָרָֽן׃ · and Haran
    When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
  2. Genesis 11:27 (2×)הָרָ֑ן · and Haran; וְהָרָ֖ן · And Haran
    This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
  3. Genesis 11:28הָרָ֔ן · Haran
    During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
  4. Genesis 11:29הָרָ֥ן · of Haran
    And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
  5. Genesis 11:31הָרָן֙ · of Haran
    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.
  6. 1 Chronicles 23:9וְהָרָ֖ן · and Haran
    The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.