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Tarah — the meaning of the Hebrew name תֶּרַח

תֶּרַח

Terach · pronounced teh'-rakh · Strong's H8646 · a man and a place · also spelled Terah

Tarah means Terach, the father of Abraham.

Strong's definition

of uncertain derivation; Terach, the father of Abraham; also a place in the Desert.

First appearance

Gen 11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: (KJV)

Every verse that names Tarah

11 occurrences in 11 verses — Genesis, Numbers, Joshua, 1 Chronicles

Gen 11:24Gen 11:25Gen 11:26Gen 11:27Gen 11:28Gen 11:31Gen 11:32Num 33:27Num 33:28Josh 24:21Chr 1:26

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