Strong H8646H8646Gתֶּ֫רַח

Terah

Transliteration: terach
Pronunciation: teh'-rakh
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.24;
son of: Nahor (H5152);
father of: Abraham (H85), Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283)
Also named: Thara (Θάρα "Terah" G2291)

Meaning of the name

Terah = "station"

General definition

Of uncertain derivation;
{Terach} the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert: - {Tarah} Terah.

In the biblical story

Terah

Abraham's father who settled in Haran

Terah was the father of Abraham, Nahor, and Haran, who left Ur to settle in Haran.

In the Bible

Strong H8646G appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

terah9

First verses

Genesis 11:24
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis 11:25
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:26
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:27
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis 11:28
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
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.
Genesis 11:32
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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.
1 Chronicles 1:26
Serug, Nahor, Terah,