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Lexicon :: Strong's G5488 - charran

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Χαρράν
Transliteration
charran (Key)
Pronunciation
khar-hran'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin חָרָן (H2771)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
14x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Χαῤῥάν Charrhán, khar-hran'; of Hebrew origin (H2771); Charrhan (i.e. Charan), a place in Mesopotamia:—Charran.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G5488 in the following manner: Charran (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G5488 in the following manner: Charran (2x).

  1. Haran = "a mountaineer"

    1. a city in Mesopotamia, of great antiquity and made famous by the defeat of Crassus

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Χαῤῥάν Charrhán, khar-hran'; of Hebrew origin (H2771); Charrhan (i.e. Charan), a place in Mesopotamia:—Charran.
STRONGS G5488:
Χαρράν (Hebrew חָרָן (i. e. (probably) 'parched', 'arid'), Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:5; Genesis 27:43), Haran (so R. V.; A. V. (after the Greek) Charran), called Καρραι in Greek writings andCarroe in Latin, a city of Mesopotamia, of great antiquity and made famous by the defeat of Crassus: Acts 7:2, 4. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word; Vaihinger in Herzog 5:539; (Schultz in Herzog edition 2, under the word); Steiner in Sehenkel 2:592; Schrader in Riehm, p. 571.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
11:31; 12:5; 27:43
Acts
7:2; 7:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5488 matches the Greek Χαρράν (charran),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he dwelt there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - And all the days of Tharrha in the land of Charrhan were two hundred and five years, and Tharrha died in Charrhan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Charran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - And Jacob went forth from the well of the oath, and departed into Charrhan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - And Jacob said to them, Brethren, whence are ye? and they said, We are of Charrhan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:26 - And these are the sons of Deson; Amada, and Asban, and Ithran, and Charrhan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12 - Have the gods of the nations at all delivered them, whom my fathers destroyed; both Gozan, and Charran, and Raphis, and the sons of Edem who were in Thaesthen?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:41 - The sons of Sonan, Dæson: and the sons of Dæson; Emeron, and Asebon, and Jethram, and Charran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:12 - Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them, both Gozan, and Charrhan, and Rapheth, which are in the land of Theemath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:23 - Charra, and Chanaa, these were thy merchants: Assur, and Charman, were thy merchants:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 - And I will break to pieces the bars of Damascus, and will destroy the inhabitants out of the plain of On, and will cut in pieces a tribe out of the men of Charrhan: and the famous people of Syria shall be led captive, saith the Lord.
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