Hara — the meaning of the Hebrew name הָרָא

הָרָא

Hârâʼ · pronounced haw-raw' · Strong's H2024 · a place

Hara means mountainousness.

Built from

הַר har (perhaps from, H2022) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

perhaps from H2022; mountainousness; Hara, a region of Media.

First appearance

1Chr 5:26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. (KJV)

Every verse that names Hara

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 5:26

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