The meaning of “חָרָן”
Understanding Chârân reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Haran. - § Haran = "mountaineer" - Charan, the name of a man and also of a place n pr m 1) a son of Caleb by his concubi...
חָרָן
Haran. - § Haran = "mountaineer" - Charan, the name of a man and also of a place n pr m 1) a son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah n pr loc 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 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.” Word: חָרָן (Chârân) | |
| 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?” Word: חָרָן (Chârân) | |
| 1 Chronicles 2:46 | “And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.” Word: חָרָן (Chârân) | |
| 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?” Word: חָרָן (Chârân) | |
| Ezekiel 27:23 | “Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.” Word: חָרָן (Chârân) |
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