Chârân — H2771

Definition

locative proper noun

Charan, the name of a man and also of a place

1. Haran = "mountaineer"
2. n pr m
3. a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah
4. n pr loc
5. 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

Usually translated as

Haran

Origin

from H2787; parched

• Derived from Chârar (H2787)

Greek equivalents

• Charrhán (G5488)

Occurrences

Chârân occurs 12 times in 11 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (1)

• Genesis 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran (חָרָ֖ן), and dwelt there.
• Genesis 11:32 — And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran (בְּחָרָֽן).
• Genesis 12:4 — So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran (מֵחָרָֽן).
• Genesis 12:5 — And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran (בְחָרָ֑ן); and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
• Genesis 27:43 — Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran (חָרָֽנָה);
• Genesis 28:10 — And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran (חָרָֽנָה).
• Genesis 29:4 — And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran (מֵחָרָ֖ן) are we.
• 2 Kings 19:12 — Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran (חָרָ֑ן), and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
• 1 Chronicles 2:46 — And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran (חָרָ֥ן), and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
• 1 Chronicles 2:46 — And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran (וְחָרָ֖ן) begat Gazez.
• Isaiah 37:12 — Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran (חָרָ֑ן), and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
• Ezekiel 27:23 — Haran (חָרָ֤ן), and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.