Haran
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mountainous country
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
HARAN.1. Son of Terah, younger brother of Abram, and father of Lot, Gen_11:26 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ), also father of Milcah and Iscah, Gen_11:29 (J [Note: Jahwist.] ). 2. A Gershonite Levite (1Ch_23:9).
HARAN.A city in the N. W. of Mesopotamia, marked by the modern village of Harran, situated on the Bçlikh, a tributary of the Euphrates, and about nine hours ride S. E. of Edessa (Urfa). Terah and his son Abram and his family dwelt there on their way from Ur of the Chaldees to Canaan (Gen_11:31; Gen_12:4-5; cf. Act_7:2), and Terah died there (Gen_11:32; cf. Act_7:4). Nahor, Abrams brother, settled there; hence it is called the city of Nahor in the story of Isaac and Jacob (cf. Gen_24:10; Gen_27:43). Its position on one of the main trade-routes between Babylonia and the Mediterranean coast rendered it commercially of great importance (cf. Eze_27:23). It was the chief seat of the worship of Sin, the moon-god, and the frequent references to the city in the Assyrian inscriptions have to do mainly with the worship of this deity and the restoration of his temple. It is probable that Haran rebelled along with the city of Ashur in b.c. 763, and a reference to its subsequent capture and the suppression of the revolt may be seen in 2Ki_19:12; Sargon later on restored the ancient religious privileges of which the city had been then deprived. The worship of the moon-god at Haran appears to have long survived the introduction of Christianity.
L. W. King.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
HARAN was Terah's firstborn son, oldest brother of Abram (who is named first in Gen_11:27, because heir of the promises), father of Lot, and Milcah who married her uncle Nahor, and Iscah or Sarai who married her uncle Abram, being "daughter (i.e. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Gen_20:12). That Haran was oldest brother appears from his brothers marrying his daughters, Sarai being only ten years younger than Abram (Gen_17:17). Haran died in Ur, his native place, before his father. In the Hebrew the country Haran begins with 'ch', the man Haran with 'h', as also the Haran the Gershonite Levite under David of Shimei's family (1Ch_23:9). Hara begins with 'h'; Caleb's son by Ephah (1Ch_2:46) begins with 'ch'. Jewish tradition makes Haran to have been cast into Nimrod's furnace for wavering during Abram's fiery trial.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ha'ran. (a mountaineer).
1. The third son of Terah, and, therefore, the youngest brother of Abram. Gen_11:26. (B.C. 1926). Three children are ascribed to him ? Lot, Gen_11:27; Gen_11:31, and two daughters, namely, Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, Gen_11:29, and Iscah. Gen_11:29. Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there, while his father was still living. Gen_11:28.
2. A Gershonite Levite, in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. 1Ch_23:9.
3. A son of the great Caleb, by his concubine, Ephah. 1Ch_2:46.
4. Haran or Charran, Act_7:2; Act_7:4, name of the place whither Abraham migrated, with his family, from Ur of the Chaldees, and where the descendants of his brother, Nahor, established themselves. Compare Gen_24:10 with Gen_27:43.
It is said to be in Mesopotamia, Gen_24:10, or more definitely in Padan-aram, Gen_25:20, the cultivated district at the foot of the hills, a name well applying to the beautiful stretch of country which lies below Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates. Here, about midway in this district, is a small village still called Harran. It was celebrated among the Romans, under the name of Charrae, as the scene of the defeat of Crassus.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
the eldest son of Terah, and brother to Abraham and Nahor. He was the father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah, Gen_11:26, &c. Haran died before his father Terah.
2. HARAN, otherwise called Charran, in Mesopotamia, a city celebrated for having been the place to which Abraham removed first, after he left Ur, Gen_11:31-32, and where Terah was buried. Thither it was likewise that Jacob repaired to Laban, when he fled from Esau, Gen_27:43; Gen_28:10. &c. Haran was situated in the north-western part of Mesopotamia on a river of the same name running into the Euphrates. Mr. Kinneir says, that Haran, which is still so called, or rather Harran, is now peopled by a few families of wandering Arabs, who have been led thither by a plentiful supply of good water from several small streams. It is situated in 36 52' north latitude, and 39 5' east longitude; in a flat and sandy plain. Some think that it was built by Terah, or by Haran, his eldest son.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
Haran, 1
Haran, eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father Terah, which, from the manner in which it is mentioned, appears to have been a much rarer case in those days than at present (Gen_11:27, sq.).
Haran, 2
Ha?ran, or rather Charan, called by the Greeks Charran, and by the Romans Charr?. It was situated in the north-western part of Mesopotamia, on a river of the same name running into the Euphrates. It is supposed to have been so called from Haran, the father of Lot and brother of Abraham; but there appears no ground for this conclusion except the identity of names. Abraham, after he had been called from Ur of the Chaldees tarried here till his father Terah died, when he proceeded to the land of Canaan (Gen_11:31; Gen_11:28; Act_7:4). The elder branch of the family still remained at Haran, which led to the interesting journeys thither described in the patriarchal history?first, that of Abraham's servant to obtain a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24), and next, that of Jacob when he fled to evade the wrath of Esau (Gen_28:10). The plain bordering on this town is celebrated in history as the scene of a battle in which the Roman army was defeated by the Parthians, and the Triumvir Crassus killed.
Haran still retains its ancient name in the form of Harran, and is only peopled by a few families of wandering Arabs, who are led thither by a plentiful supply of water from several small streams. It is situated in a flat and sandy plain, in 36? 40? N. lat., 39? 2? 45˝ E. long.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
HARAN.1. Son of Terah, younger brother of Abram, and father of Lot, Gen_11:26 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ), also father of Milcah and Iscah, Gen_11:29 (J [Note: Jahwist.] ). 2. A Gershonite Levite (1Ch_23:9).
HARAN.A city in the N. W. of Mesopotamia, marked by the modern village of Harran, situated on the Bçlikh, a tributary of the Euphrates, and about nine hours ride S. E. of Edessa (Urfa). Terah and his son Abram and his family dwelt there on their way from Ur of the Chaldees to Canaan (Gen_11:31; Gen_12:4-5; cf. Act_7:2), and Terah died there (Gen_11:32; cf. Act_7:4). Nahor, Abrams brother, settled there; hence it is called the city of Nahor in the story of Isaac and Jacob (cf. Gen_24:10; Gen_27:43). Its position on one of the main trade-routes between Babylonia and the Mediterranean coast rendered it commercially of great importance (cf. Eze_27:23). It was the chief seat of the worship of Sin, the moon-god, and the frequent references to the city in the Assyrian inscriptions have to do mainly with the worship of this deity and the restoration of his temple. It is probable that Haran rebelled along with the city of Ashur in b.c. 763, and a reference to its subsequent capture and the suppression of the revolt may be seen in 2Ki_19:12; Sargon later on restored the ancient religious privileges of which the city had been then deprived. The worship of the moon-god at Haran appears to have long survived the introduction of Christianity.
L. W. King.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
HARAN was Terah's firstborn son, oldest brother of Abram (who is named first in Gen_11:27, because heir of the promises), father of Lot, and Milcah who married her uncle Nahor, and Iscah or Sarai who married her uncle Abram, being "daughter (i.e. granddaughter) of his father not of his mother" (Gen_20:12). That Haran was oldest brother appears from his brothers marrying his daughters, Sarai being only ten years younger than Abram (Gen_17:17). Haran died in Ur, his native place, before his father. In the Hebrew the country Haran begins with 'ch', the man Haran with 'h', as also the Haran the Gershonite Levite under David of Shimei's family (1Ch_23:9). Hara begins with 'h'; Caleb's son by Ephah (1Ch_2:46) begins with 'ch'. Jewish tradition makes Haran to have been cast into Nimrod's furnace for wavering during Abram's fiery trial.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ha'ran. (a mountaineer).
1. The third son of Terah, and, therefore, the youngest brother of Abram. Gen_11:26. (B.C. 1926). Three children are ascribed to him ? Lot, Gen_11:27; Gen_11:31, and two daughters, namely, Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, Gen_11:29, and Iscah. Gen_11:29. Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there, while his father was still living. Gen_11:28.
2. A Gershonite Levite, in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. 1Ch_23:9.
3. A son of the great Caleb, by his concubine, Ephah. 1Ch_2:46.
4. Haran or Charran, Act_7:2; Act_7:4, name of the place whither Abraham migrated, with his family, from Ur of the Chaldees, and where the descendants of his brother, Nahor, established themselves. Compare Gen_24:10 with Gen_27:43.
It is said to be in Mesopotamia, Gen_24:10, or more definitely in Padan-aram, Gen_25:20, the cultivated district at the foot of the hills, a name well applying to the beautiful stretch of country which lies below Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates. Here, about midway in this district, is a small village still called Harran. It was celebrated among the Romans, under the name of Charrae, as the scene of the defeat of Crassus.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
the eldest son of Terah, and brother to Abraham and Nahor. He was the father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah, Gen_11:26, &c. Haran died before his father Terah.
2. HARAN, otherwise called Charran, in Mesopotamia, a city celebrated for having been the place to which Abraham removed first, after he left Ur, Gen_11:31-32, and where Terah was buried. Thither it was likewise that Jacob repaired to Laban, when he fled from Esau, Gen_27:43; Gen_28:10. &c. Haran was situated in the north-western part of Mesopotamia on a river of the same name running into the Euphrates. Mr. Kinneir says, that Haran, which is still so called, or rather Harran, is now peopled by a few families of wandering Arabs, who have been led thither by a plentiful supply of good water from several small streams. It is situated in 36 52' north latitude, and 39 5' east longitude; in a flat and sandy plain. Some think that it was built by Terah, or by Haran, his eldest son.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
Haran, 1
Haran, eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father Terah, which, from the manner in which it is mentioned, appears to have been a much rarer case in those days than at present (Gen_11:27, sq.).
Haran, 2
Ha?ran, or rather Charan, called by the Greeks Charran, and by the Romans Charr?. It was situated in the north-western part of Mesopotamia, on a river of the same name running into the Euphrates. It is supposed to have been so called from Haran, the father of Lot and brother of Abraham; but there appears no ground for this conclusion except the identity of names. Abraham, after he had been called from Ur of the Chaldees tarried here till his father Terah died, when he proceeded to the land of Canaan (Gen_11:31; Gen_11:28; Act_7:4). The elder branch of the family still remained at Haran, which led to the interesting journeys thither described in the patriarchal history?first, that of Abraham's servant to obtain a wife for Isaac (Genesis 24), and next, that of Jacob when he fled to evade the wrath of Esau (Gen_28:10). The plain bordering on this town is celebrated in history as the scene of a battle in which the Roman army was defeated by the Parthians, and the Triumvir Crassus killed.
Haran still retains its ancient name in the form of Harran, and is only peopled by a few families of wandering Arabs, who are led thither by a plentiful supply of water from several small streams. It is situated in a flat and sandy plain, in 36? 40? N. lat., 39? 2? 45˝ E. long.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
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