Haran — the meaning of the Hebrew name חָרָן

חָרָן

Chârân · pronounced kaw-rawn' · Strong's H2771 · a man and a place

Haran means parched.

Built from

חָרַר chârar (from, H2787) — to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H2787; parched; Charan, the name of a man and also of a place.

First appearance

Gen 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. (KJV)

Every verse that names Haran

11 occurrences in 11 verses — Genesis, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Isaiah, Ezekiel

Gen 11:31Gen 11:32Gen 12:4Gen 12:5Gen 27:43Gen 28:10Gen 29:42Kgs 19:121Chr 2:46Isa 37:12Ezek 27:23

Other people or places called Haran

Haran (H2039) — mountaineer

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