Strong H27712 sensesחָרָן

Meaning of the name

The 2 senses of Strong H2771

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2771 appears in 11 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. A city in Mesopotamia, associated with Abraham and his family.H2771A10 verses · 4 books
2. A descendant of Caleb, son of Caleb's concubine Ephah.H2771B1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• haran11

First verses

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, and dwelt there.
2. Genesis 11:32
   And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
3. 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.
4. 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; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
5. Genesis 27:43
   Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
6. Genesis 28:10
   And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.
7. Genesis 29:4
   And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
8. 2 Kings 19:12
   Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
9. 1 Chronicles 2:46
   And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
10. Isaiah 37:12
    Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
11. Ezekiel 27:23
    Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.