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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 - Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 set out from Harran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - Now then, my son, do what I say: Flee at once to my brother Laban in Harran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Harran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - Jacob asked the shepherds, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We’re from Harran,” they replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:26 - The sons of Dishon[fn]: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:12 - Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:41

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:12 - Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:23 - “ ‘Harran, Kanneh and Eden and merchants of Sheba, Ashur and Kilmad traded with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:5 - I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in[fn] the Valley of Aven[fn] and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,”

says the LORD.

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