חָרָן

cha.ranHaran
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place12 occurrences5 books11 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Haran: A descendant of Caleb, son of Caleb's concubine Ephah
  • Haran: A city in Mesopotamia, associated with Abraham and his family

Definition

from H2787; parched; Charan, the name of a man and also of a place
Traditional renderings: Haran.

Glossary entries

Haran (Place) Charran Haran (Person)

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

12 total
  1. Genesis 11:31חָרָ֖ן · 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.
  2. Genesis 11:32בְּחָרָֽן׃ס · in Haran
    Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
  3. Genesis 12:4מֵחָרָֽן׃ · Haran
    So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
  4. Genesis 12:5בְחָרָ֑ן · in Haran
    And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
  5. Genesis 27:43חָרָֽנָה׃ · in Haran
    So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
  6. Genesis 28:10חָרָֽנָה׃ · Haran
    Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
  7. Genesis 29:4מֵחָרָ֖ן · from Haran
    “My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
  8. 2 Kings 19:12חָרָ֑ן · Haran
    Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
  9. 1 Chronicles 2:46 (2×)חָרָ֥ן · of Haran; וְחָרָ֖ן · Haran
    Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
  10. Isaiah 37:12חָרָ֑ן · Haran
    Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
  11. Ezekiel 27:23חָרָ֤ן · Haran
    Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.