Strong H2771H2771Aחָרָן
Haran
One of the 2 senses of Strong H2771
- Transliteration
- chârân
- Pronunciation
- khaw-rawn'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
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).
Meaning of the name
Haran = "mountaineer"
General definition
From H2787; parched;
{Charan} the name of a man and also of a place: - Haran.
{Charan} the name of a man and also of a place: - Haran.
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 H2771A appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- haran10
First verses
- Genesis 11:31And 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.
- Genesis 11:32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
- Genesis 12:4So 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.
- Genesis 12:5And 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.
- Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
- Genesis 28:10And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.
- Genesis 29:4And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
- 2 Kings 19:12Have 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?
- Isaiah 37:12Have 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?
- Ezekiel 27:23Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.