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Lexicon :: Strong's H2039 - hārān

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הָרָן
Transliteration
hārān
Pronunciation
haw-rawn'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from הַר (H2022)
Strong’s Definitions

הָרָן Hârân, haw-rawn'; perhaps from H2022; mountaineer; Haran, the name of two men:—Haran.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H2039 in the following manner: Haran (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H2039 in the following manner: Haran (7x).
proper masculine noun

  1. Haran = "mountaineer"

    1. youngest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah; born and died in Ur of the Chaldees

    2. a Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei

    3. a son of Caleb by the concubine Ephah

      proper locative noun

    4. name of the place to which Abraham migrated from Ur of the Chaldees and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves; probably located in Mesopotamia, in Padanaram, the cultivated district at the foot of the hills between the Khabour and the Euphrates below Mount Masius

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָרָן Hârân, haw-rawn'; perhaps from H2022; mountaineer; Haran, the name of two men:—Haran.
STRONGS H2039: Abbreviations
† הָרָן proper name, masculine (mountaineer; i.e. mountain-people (or land)? compare Di Genesis 11:27); —
1. son of Terah, brother of Abram and father of Lot Genesis 11:27 (twice in verse); Genesis 11:31 (all P), Genesis 11:28 (J); also father of Milcah (Nahor's wife) & Iscah Genesis 11:29 (J).
2. a Levite (Gershonite) 1 Chronicles 23:9. —
On הָרָן in proper name, of a location see below בית הרם.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:27; 11:27; 11:28; 11:29; 11:31

1 Chronicles

23:9