Strong G5488Χαρράν
Haran
- Transliteration
- Charrhan
- Pronunciation
- khar-hran'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H2771];
Charrhan (that is Charan) a place in Mesopotamia: - Charran.
Charrhan (that is Charan) a place in Mesopotamia: - Charran.
Meaning of the name
Haran, [earlier] "mountaineer;" perhaps "sanctuary"
Detailed definition
χαρράν
indecl. (in FlJ., Ant., i, 16, 1, Κάρρα, -ας, ib. 6, 5, Χαρρά, -ᾶς; so LXX: Gen.29:4 E, Eze.27:28 B, elsewhere -άνHeb. חָרָן), Haran, a town in N.W. Mesopotamia: Act.7:2, 4.†
(AS)
indecl. (in FlJ., Ant., i, 16, 1, Κάρρα, -ας, ib. 6, 5, Χαρρά, -ᾶς; so LXX: Gen.29:4 E, Eze.27:28 B, elsewhere -άνHeb. חָרָן), Haran, a town in N.W. Mesopotamia: Act.7:2, 4.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Haran
A city in Mesopotamia, associated with Abraham and his family.
Haran was a city in Mesopotamia where Abraham and his family settled after leaving Ur, and from where Abraham later departed for Canaan (Genesis 11:31-32; 12:4-5; 27:43; 28:10; 29:4; Acts 7:2, 4).
In the Bible
Strong G5488 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- charran2
First verses
- Acts 7:2And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
- Acts 7:4Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.