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Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #2771 - חָרָן

Transliteration

Chârân

Phonetics

khaw-rawn'

Origin

from (H2787)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun, proper masculine noun

TWOT

747

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Haran = "mountaineer"
n pr m
1. a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah
n pr loc
1. the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (12)

Genesis 7

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

BSB (12)

Genesis 7

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

CSB (12)

Genesis 7

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

ESV (11)

Genesis 6

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

KJV (12)

Genesis 7

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

LEB (12)

Genesis 7

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (12)

Genesis 7

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. חָרָן proper name, of a location city in northern Mesopotamia (Assyrian —arrânu = road, path COT^Gloss; compare Dl^{Pa 185}; Jen^{Kosmologie 28} 'junction of trading-routes' = cross-roads) — mentioned as city of Abram's sojourn Genesis 11:31, where his father Terah died Genesis 11:32, and whence he departed for Canaan Genesis 12:4,5; where Laban, Jacob's uncle, lived, and whither Jacob fled Genesis 27:43; Genesis 28:10 (both חָרָ֫נָה), Genesis 29:4; as conquered by fathers of Sennacherib 2 Kings 19:12 = Isaiah 37:12; as place of trade Ezekiel 27:23; Assyrian –arrana (#NAME?), Schr^COT on Genesis 11:31; Genesis 27:43 ᵐ5 Χαρραν. It was an ancient seat of worship of moon-god (Sin), see Schr^{KG 355,596}; see further Chwolsohn^{Ssabier i, 303ff.} Wüstenfeld^{ZMG 1864,443f.} Schr^{KG 355,536} Sachau^{Reise 217 ff.} Mez^{Geschichte. d. Stadt Harran, 1892}.

II. חָרָן proper name, masculine son of Caleb of Judah 1 Chronicles 2:46 (twice in verse); ᵐ5 Αρραν, ᵐ5^L Ωρων (Sabean proper name חרן DHM^{Epigr. Dakam. 56}).

חוֺרֹן, חֹרֹן see בֵּית חוֺרֹן above

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָרָן (i.q. Arab. حَرَّانُ a place dried up, or parched with the sun), [Haran], pr.n.

(1) of a town of Mesopotamia, called in Gr. and Lat. Κάῤῥαι, Carrœ, Arab. and Syr. حَرَّانُ, ܚܳܪܢܳ afterwards celebrated for the defeat of Crassus; Genesis 11:31, 12:5 27:43 2 Kings 19:12 and Ezekiel 27:23 (in this passage, J. D. Michaëlis, who follows a false hypothesis as to this whole verse, understands some other city in Arabia Felix); see Gol. ad Alferg. p. 249; Schult. Ind. Geogr. v. Charræ; J. D. Michaëlis, Suppl. p. 930.

(2) of a man, 1 Chronicles 2:46.

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List of Word Forms

בְּחָרָֽן׃ בְחָרָ֑ן בחרן בחרן׃ וְחָרָ֖ן וחרן חָרָ֑ן חָרָ֖ן חָרָ֤ן חָרָ֥ן חָרָֽנָה׃ חרן חרנה׃ מֵחָרָ֖ן מֵחָרָֽן׃ מחרן מחרן׃ bə·ḥā·rān ḇə·ḥā·rān bechaRan bəḥārān ḇəḥārān chaRan chaRanah ḥā·rā·nāh ḥā·rān ḥārān ḥārānāh mê·ḥā·rān mechaRan mêḥārān vechaRan wə·ḥā·rān wəḥārān