Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H2771
חָרָן
Charankaw-rawn'
Haran; Haran
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Chârân
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2771is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2771
Charan, the name of a man and also of a place
The King James renders it: Haran.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Charan is rendered "Haran; Haran". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "Haran".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 11:31And 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.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
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.
Genesis 11:31חָרָ֖ן
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twelve uses are in Genesis.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: Haran, and Haran.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| HaranStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 11:31And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran… |
| HaranStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Haran5
- from Haran2
- Haran towards2
- in Haran2
- and Haran1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חָרָ֑ן2
- חָרָֽנָה׃2
- בְחָרָ֑ן1
- בְּחָרָֽן׃ ס1
- וְחָרָ֖ן1
- חָרָ֖ן1
- חָרָ֥ן1
- חָרָ֤ן1
- מֵחָרָ֖ן1
- מֵחָרָֽן׃1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)4HNpl
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4HR/Npl
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)2HNpl/Sd
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
- proper noun (a name)1HNpm
Genesis
seven uses
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.
- חָרָ֖ןcharanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haran
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
- בְּחָרָֽן׃ סbecharanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Haran
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
- מֵחָרָֽן׃mecharanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Haran
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,
- בְחָרָ֑ןvecharanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Haran
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
- חָרָֽנָה׃charanahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Haran towards
Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.
- חָרָֽנָה׃charanahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Haran towards
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.
- מֵחָרָ֖ןmecharanpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Haran
2 Kings
one use
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
- חָרָ֑ןcharanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haran
1 Chronicles
two uses
Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
- חָרָ֥ןcharanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haran
- וְחָרָ֖ןvecharanconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Haran
Isaiah
one use
Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
- חָרָ֑ןcharanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haran
Ezekiel
one use
Haran, Canneh, and Eden traded with you, and so did the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad.
- חָרָ֤ןcharanproper noun (a name)tagged: Haran
The letters
Gematria 258· 908 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.