Strong H20392 sensesהָרָן

Haran

Transliteration
hârân
Pronunciation
haw-rawn'

Meaning of the name

Haran = "mountaineer"

The 2 senses of Strong H2039

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2039 appears in 6 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Son of Terah, brother of Abraham and father of Lot.H2039G5 verses · Genesis
  2. A Levite of the Shimei clan during David's reign.H2039H1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

Perhaps from H2022; mountaineer;
{Haran} the name of two men: - Haran.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • haran6

First verses

  1. Genesis 11:26
    And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
  2. Genesis 11:27
    Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
  3. Genesis 11:28
    And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
  4. Genesis 11:29
    And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
  5. 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, and dwelt there.
  6. 1 Chronicles 23:9
    The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.