Lectionary Calendar
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
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
- a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah
- n pr loc
- 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
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
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
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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
