Lexicon / H2771a
חָרָן
cha.ran
  • Haran

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Haran

Haran = "mountaineer"

the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates

Also named: Charran (Χαρράν "Haran" G5488)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Haran

חָרָן n.pr.loc . city in northern Mesopotamia