Charan חָרָן

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Charan
חָרָן
Transliterationcharan
Strong's numberH2771 (H2771A, H2771B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechplace name
GlossHaran
Occurrences12 in 11 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (7)

Charan (Hebrew חָרָן, Strong's H2771) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Haran”. It occurs 12 times.

Definition

H2771A: Haran

Haran = "mountaineer"
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
Also named: Charran (Χαρράν "Haran" G5488)

H2771B: Haran

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.46;
son of: Caleb (H3612H) and Ephah (H5891H);
brother of: Moza (H4162) and Gazez (H1495);
half-brother of: Hur (H2354), Jesher (H3475), Shobab (H7727H), Ardon (H0715), Mareshah@1Ch.2.42 (H4337), Jahdai (H3056), Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647), Shaaph (H8174H), Sheva (H7724) and Achsah (H5915H);
father of: Gazez (H1495H)
§ Haran = "mountaineer"
a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVharan (12)
BSBharan (12)

Verses

Every verse with Charan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

Isaiah

Ezekiel

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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