Bible Names

Nachor: meaning of the name

Nachor means “same as Nahor.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Nachor in Hebrew and Greek

Ναχώρ G3493

Nachṓr — Nachor, the grandfather of Abraham

of Hebrew origin (H05152);

Nachor in Scripture

“Nachor” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 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.

  • Luke 3:34

    Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,