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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 Box Gen 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haran

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:26 - These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12 - Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:41 - The son[fn] of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan,[fn] Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:12 - Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:23 - Haran, Canneh, Eden, traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 - I will break the gate-bar of Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,[fn]
and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;
and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,”
says the LORD.
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