H2771: חָרָן
Chârân · pronounced kaw-rawn' · “Haran”
Definition
Charan, the name of a man and also of a place
KJV translates it as: Haran.
Word origin: from H2787 (חָרַר); parched;
Extended definition
the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates
Also named: Charran (Χαρράν "Haran" G5488)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2771 is translated
- haran ×10
- towards ×2
Bible verses with H2771 (Chârân)
Chârân appears in 11 verses.
- 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.
- Genesis 12:4
So 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 12:5
And 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 27:43
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
- Genesis 28:10
And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.
- Genesis 29:4
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
- 2 Kings 19:12
Have 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?
- 1 Chronicles 2:46
And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
- Isaiah 37:12
Have 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 27:23
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.