Word Study · Strong's H5152 · Hebrew
נָחוֹר
Nachor
naw-khore'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Nâchôwr
“Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
Rendered in the KJV as
Nahor.
- 18occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 18 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- נָח֖וֹר5
- נָח֔וֹר2
- נָחוֹר֙2
- נָח֑וֹר2
- נָחֽוֹר׃2
- וְנָח֛וֹר1
- לְנָח֥וֹר1
- לְנָח֖וֹר1
- לְנָחֽוֹר׃1
- נָח֗וֹר1
How it is rendered · 3
- Nahor14
- to Nahor3
- and Nahor1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)14
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 14
- HR/Npm · 3
- HC/Npm · 1
All 18, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis16 occurrences
- Genesis 11:22נָחֽוֹר׃nachorproper noun (a name)When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.here: Nahor
- Genesis 11:23נָח֖וֹרnachorproper noun (a name)And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.here: Nahor
- Genesis 11:24נָח֔וֹרnachorproper noun (a name)When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.here: Nahor
- Genesis 11:25נָח֗וֹרnachorproper noun (a name)And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.here: Nahor
- Genesis 11:26נָח֖וֹרnachorproper noun (a name)When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.here: Nahor
- Genesis 11:27נָח֖וֹרnachorproper noun (a name)This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.here: Nahor
- Genesis 11:29וְנָח֛וֹרvenachorconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.here: and Nahor
- Genesis 11:29נָחוֹר֙nachorproper noun (a name)And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.here: Nahor
- Genesis 22:20לְנָח֥וֹרlenachorpreposition + proper noun (a name)Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:here: to Nahor
- Genesis 22:23לְנָח֖וֹרlenachorpreposition + proper noun (a name)And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.here: to Nahor
- Genesis 24:10נָחֽוֹר׃nachorproper noun (a name)Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.here: Nahor
- Genesis 24:15נָח֖וֹרnachorproper noun (a name)Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.here: Nahor
- Genesis 24:24לְנָחֽוֹר׃lenachorpreposition + proper noun (a name)She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”here: to Nahor
- Genesis 24:47נָח֔וֹרnachorproper noun (a name)Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She replied, ‘The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.’ So I put the ring on her nose and the bracelets on her wrists.here: Nahor
- Genesis 29:5נָח֑וֹרnachorproper noun (a name)“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.here: Nahor
- Genesis 31:53נָחוֹר֙nachorproper noun (a name)May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.here: Nahor