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Lexicon :: Strong's H2771 - ḥārān

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חָרָן
Transliteration
ḥārān
Pronunciation
kaw-rawn'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 747

Strong’s Definitions

חָרָן Chârân, kaw-rawn'; from H2787; parched; Charan, the name of a man and also of a place:—Haran.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H2771 in the following manner: Haran (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H2771 in the following manner: Haran (12x).

  1. Haran = "mountaineer"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah

      proper locative noun

    2. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרָן Chârân, kaw-rawn'; from H2787; parched; Charan, the name of a man and also of a place:—Haran.
STRONGS H2771: Abbreviations
† I. חָרָן proper name, of a location city in northern Mesopotamia (Assyrian ḫarrânu ＝road, path COTGloss; compare DlPa 185; JenKosmologie 28 'junction of trading-routes' ＝cross-roads) — mentioned as city of Abram's sojourn Genesis 11:31, where his father Teraḥ died Genesis 11:32, and whence he departed for Canaan Genesis 12:4, 5; where Laban, Jacob's uncle, lived, and whither Jacob fled Genesis 27:43; Genesis 28:10 (both חָרָ֫נָה), Genesis 29:4; as conquered by fathers of Sennacherib 2 Kings 19:12 ＝Isaiah 37:12; as place of trade Ezekiel 27:23; Assyrian ḫarrana (-ni), SchrCOT on Genesis 11:31; Genesis 27:43 Greek Version of the LXX Χαρραν. It was an ancient seat of worship of moon-god (Sin), see SchrKG 355, 596; see further ChwolsohnSsabier i, 303 ff. WüstenfeldZMG 1864, 443 f. SchrKG 355, 536 SachauReise 217 ff. MezGeschichte. d. Stadt Harran, 1892.

† II. חָרָן proper name, masculine son of Caleb of Judah 1 Chronicles 2:46 (twice in verse); Greek Version of the LXX Αρραν, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ωρων (Sabean proper name חרן DHMEpigr. Dakam. 56).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:31; 11:31; 11:32; 12:4; 12:5; 27:43; 27:43; 28:10; 29:4

2 Kings

19:12

1 Chronicles

2:46

Isaiah

37:12

Ezekiel

27:23

H2771

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2771 matches the Hebrew חָרָן (ḥārān),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 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 Box Gen 11:32

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

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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 set out from Harran.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 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 Box Gen 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 Box Gen 28:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 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 Box 2Ki 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 Box 1Ch 2:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:46 - Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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 Box Eze 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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