Strong H5152H5152Gנָחוֹר

Nahor

One of the 2 senses of Strong H5152

Transliteration
nâchôr
Pronunciation
naw-khore'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.22;
son of: Serug (H8286);
father of: Terah (H8646)
Also named: Nachōr (Ναχώρ "Nahor" G3493)

Meaning of the name

Nahor = "snorting"

General definition

From the same as H5170; snorer;
{Nachor} the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham: - Nahor.

In the biblical story

Nahor

Son of Serug; father of Terah, Abraham's father.

Nahor, the son of Serug and father of Terah, was Abraham's grandfather.

In the Bible

Strong H5152G appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • nahor5
  • nachor1

First verses

  1. Genesis 11:22
    And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
  2. Genesis 11:23
    And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
  3. Genesis 11:24
    And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
  4. Genesis 11:25
    And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
  5. Joshua 24:2
    And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
  6. 1 Chronicles 1:26
    Serug, Nahor, Terah,
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