G5488

Χαρράν

Charran

Proper locative noun · Of Hebrew origin חרן (H2771)

Of Hebrew origin (H2771); Charrhan (i.e. Charan), a place in Mesopotamia:—Charran.

Outline

Haran = "a mountaineer"

a city in Mesopotamia, of great antiquity and made famous by the defeat of Crassus

Usages

Acts 7:2

And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

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Acts 7:4

Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

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