Dict: smith - HARAN

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HARAN - H>@ - (a mountaineer). The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram. kjv@Genesis:11:26) (B.C. 1926.) Three children are ascribed to him
Lot, vs. kjv@Genesis:11:27 kjv@Genesis:11:31) and two daughters, viz., Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver. kjv@Genesis:11:29) and Iscah. ver. kjv@Genesis:11:29) Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there while his father was still living. ver. kjv@Genesis:11:28) A Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:9) A son of the great Caleb by his concubine Ephah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:46) HARAN or CHARRAN, kjv@Acts:7:2-4) name of the place whither Abraham migrated with his family from Ur of the Chaldees, and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves. Comp. kjv@Genesis:24:10) with kjv@Genesis:27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia, kjv@Genesis:24:10) or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch. kjv@Genesis:25:20) the cultivated district at the foot of the hills, a name well applying to the beautiful stretch of country which lies below Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates. Here, about midway in this district, is a small village still called Harran . It was celebrated among the Romans, under the name of Charrae, as the scene of the defeat of Crassus.