This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
Definition
from the same as H5170; snorer; Nachor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
Traditional renderings: Nahor.
Traditional renderings: Nahor.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
18 total
- Genesis 11:22נָחֽוֹר׃ · NahorWhen Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
- Genesis 11:23נָח֖וֹר · NahorAnd after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:24נָח֔וֹר · When NahorWhen Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
- Genesis 11:25נָח֗וֹר · NahorAnd after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:26נָח֖וֹר · NahorWhen Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- Genesis 11:27נָח֖וֹר · NahorThis is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.
- Genesis 11:29 (2×)וְנָח֛וֹר · and Nahor; נָחוֹר֙ · and Nahor’sAnd 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.
- Genesis 22:20לְנָח֥וֹר · NahorSome time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:
- Genesis 22:23לְנָח֖וֹר · NahorAnd Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 24:10נָחֽוֹר׃ · Nahor’sThen the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
- Genesis 24:15נָח֖וֹר · NahorBefore the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- Genesis 24:24לְנָחֽוֹר׃ · to NahorShe replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
- Genesis 24:47נָח֔וֹר · of NahorThen I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.
- Genesis 29:5נָח֑וֹר · of Nahor“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.
- Genesis 31:53נָחוֹר֙ · of NahorMay the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
- Joshua 24:2נָח֑וֹר · and NahorAnd Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
- 1 Chronicles 1:26נָח֖וֹר · NahorSerug, Nahor, Terah,