King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2039
Transliteration: Haran
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-rawn')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: "mountaineer", a brother of Abram, also an Israelite
Meaning: Haran -- "mountaineer", a brother of Abram, also an Israelite
Word Summary
Haran: "mountaineer", a brother of Abram, also an Israelite
Original Word: הָרָןTransliteration: Haran
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-rawn')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: "mountaineer", a brother of Abram, also an Israelite
Meaning: Haran -- "mountaineer", a brother of Abram, also an Israelite
Strong's Concordance
Haran Perhaps from har; mountaineer; Haran, the name of two men -- Haran.
see HEBREW har
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2039. Haran
הָרָן proper name, masculine (mountaineer; i.e. mountain-people (or land)? compare Di Genesis 11:27); —
1 son of Terah, brother of Abram and father of Lot Genesis 11:27 (twice in verse); 11:31 (all P), 11:28 (J); also father of Milcah (Nahor's wife) & Iscah 11:29 (J).
2 a Levite (Gershonite) 1 Chronicles 23:9. — On הָרָן in
proper name, of a location see below הרם בית, p. 111.