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Strong H3763כְּרָ֑ן

Cheran

Transliteration
kerân
Pronunciation
ker-awn'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

Of uncertain derivation;
{Keran} an aboriginal Idumaean: - Cheran.

Meaning of the name

Cheran = "lyre"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.26;
son of: Dishon (H1787);
brother of: Eshban (H790), Ithran (H3506) and Hemdan (H2533)

In the biblical story

Cheran

Son of Dishon, descendant of Esau

Cheran was a son of Dishon and a descendant of Esau. (Gen.36.26; 1Ch.1.41)

In the Bible

Strong H3763 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • cheran2

First verses

  1. Genesis 36:26
    And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:41
    The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
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