STRONGS G5488:
Χαρράν (Hebrew
חָרָן (i. e. (probably) 'parched', 'arid'),
Genesis 11:31;
Genesis 12:5;
Genesis 27:43),
Haran (so
R. V.;
A. V. (after the Greek)
Charran), called
Καρραι in Greek writings and
Carroe in Latin, a city of Mesopotamia, of great antiquity and made famous by the defeat of Crassus:
Acts 7:2,
4. Cf.
Winers RWB, under the word; Vaihinger in
Herzog 5:539; (Schultz in
Herzog edition 2, under the word); Steiner in Sehenkel 2:592; Schrader in
Riehm, p. 571.
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