Lexical Summary Haran: "mountaineer", a brother of Abram, also an Israelite Original Word: הָרָןTransliteration: Haran Phonetic Spelling: (haw-rawn') Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location Short Definition: "mountaineer", a brother of Abram, also an Israelite Meaning: Haran -- "mountaineer", a brother of Abram, also an Israelite Strong's Concordance Haran Perhaps from har; mountaineer; Haran, the name of two men -- Haran. see HEBREW har Brown-Driver-Briggs H2039. Haran הָרָן proper name, masculine (mountaineer; i.e. mountain-people (or land)? compare Di Genesis 11:27); — 1 son of Terah, brother of Abram and father of Lot Genesis 11:27 (twice in verse); 11:31 (all P), 11:28 (J); also father of Milcah (Nahor's wife) & Iscah 11:29 (J). 2 a Levite (Gershonite) 1 Chronicles 23:9. — On הָרָן in proper name, of a location see below הרם בית, p. 111. |
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