This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
the same as H217; Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite
Traditional renderings: Ur.
Traditional renderings: Ur.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
5 total
- Genesis 11:28בְּא֥וּר · in UrDuring his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- Genesis 11:31מֵא֣וּר · from UrAnd 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 15:7מֵא֣וּר · out of UrThe LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
- 1 Chronicles 11:35אֽוּר׃ס · of UrAhiam son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,
- Nehemiah 9:7מֵא֣וּר · out of UrYou are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.