Word Study · Strong's H2771 · Hebrew
חָרָן
Charan
kaw-rawn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chârân
“Charan, the name of a man and also of a place”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Charan, the name of a man and also of a place
Rendered in the KJV as
Haran.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- חָרָ֑ן2
- חָרָֽנָה׃2
- בְחָרָ֑ן1
- בְּחָרָֽן׃ ס1
- וְחָרָ֖ן1
- חָרָ֖ן1
- חָרָ֥ן1
- חָרָ֤ן1
- מֵחָרָ֖ן1
- מֵחָרָֽן׃1
How it is rendered · 6
- Haran5
- Haran towards2
- in Haran2
- [are] from Haran1
- and Haran1
- from Haran1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- proper noun (a name)4
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 4
- HR/Npl · 4
- HNpl/Sd · 2
- HC/Npm · 1
- HNpm · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Genesis7 of 12 · 58%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 12 · 17%
- 2 Kings1 of 12 · 8%
- Isaiah1 of 12 · 8%
- Ezekiel1 of 12 · 8%
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis7 occurrences
- Genesis 11:31חָרָ֖ןcharanproper noun (a name)And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.here: Haran
- Genesis 11:32בְּחָרָֽן׃ סbecharanpreposition + proper noun (a name)Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.here: in Haran
- Genesis 12:4מֵחָרָֽן׃mecharanpreposition + proper noun (a name)So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.here: from Haran
- Genesis 12:5בְחָרָ֑ןvecharanpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,here: in Haran
- Genesis 27:43חָרָֽנָה׃charanahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.here: Haran towards
- Genesis 28:10חָרָֽנָה׃charanahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.here: Haran towards
- Genesis 29:4מֵחָרָ֖ןmecharanpreposition + proper noun (a name)“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.here: [are] from Haran
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:46חָרָ֥ןcharanproper noun (a name)Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.here: Haran
- 1 Chronicles 2:46וְחָרָ֖ןvecharanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.here: and Haran