Haran — the meaning of the Hebrew name הָרָן

הָרָן

Hârân · pronounced haw-rawn' · Strong's H2039 · a man and a place

Haran means mountaineer.

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

perhaps from H2022; mountaineer; Haran, the name of two men.

Gen 11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. (KJV)

6 occurrences in 6 verses — Genesis, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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