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Nahor

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5152

נָחוֹר

na.chor — Nahor

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.22; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646) Also named: Nachōr (Ναχώρ "Nahor" G3493) § Nahor = "snorting" 1) son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham 2) son of Terah and brother of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H85

אַבְרָהָם

av.ra.ham — Abraham

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26; son of: Terah (H8646); brother of: Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283); married to Sarah (H8283), Hagar (H1904) and Keturah (H6989); father of: Ishmael (H3458), Isaac (H3327), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); also called Abram at Gen.11.26--17.5; 2x § Abraham = "father of a multitude" or "chief of multitude" friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God's elective covenant

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H758

אֲרָם

a.ram — Aram

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.22; son of: Shem (H8035); brother of: Asshur (H0804H), Elam (H5867C), Arpachshad (H0775) and Lud (H3865); father of: Uz (H5780), Hul (H2343), Gether (H1666) and Mash (H4851) § Aram or Arameans = "exalted" 1) Aram or Syrian nation 2) the Syrian or Aramean people Aram = "exalted" n m 3) fifth son of Shem 4) a grandson of Nahor 5) a descendant of Asher

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H87

אַבְרָם

av.ram — Abram

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26; son of: Terah (H8646); brother of: Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283); married to Sarah (H8283), Hagar (H1904) and Keturah (H6989); father of: Ishmael (H3458), Isaac (H3327), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); also called Abram at Gen.11.26--17.5; 2x Another name of av.ra.ham (אַבְרָהָם "Abraham" H0085) § Abram = "exalted father" original name of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8283

שָׂרָה

sa.rah — Sarah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29; daughter of: Terah (H8646); sister of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H) and Haran (H2039); married to Abraham (H0085); mother of: Isaac (H3327); also called Sarai at Gen.11.29,30,31; 12.5,11,17; 16.1,2,3,5,6,8; 17.15; § Sarah = "noblewoman" wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4601

מַעֲכָה

ma.a.khah — Maacah

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514) and Tahash (H8477); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Maachah = "oppression" son of Nahor by concubine Reumah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8297

שָׂרַי

sa.ray — Sarai

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29; daughter of: Terah (H8646); sister of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H) and Haran (H2039); married to Abraham (H0085); mother of: Isaac (H3327); also called Sarai at Gen.11.29,30,31; 12.5,11,17; 16.1,2,3,5,6,8; 17.15; Another name of sa.rah (שָׂרָה "Sarah" H8283) § Sarai = "princess" original name of Sarah the wife of Abram or Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8646

תֶּ֫רַח

te.rach — Terah

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.24; son of: Nahor (H5152); father of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283) Also named: Thara (Θάρα "Terah" G2291) § Terah = "station" 1) the father of Abraham Tarah = "delay" 2) a station of Israel in the wilderness

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1328

בְּתוּאֵל

be.tu.el — Bethuel

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Tebah (H2875); half-brother of: Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); father of: Rebekah (H7259) and Laban (H3837A) § Bethuel = "God destroys" or "man of God" or "dweller in God" nephew of Abraham, son of Nahor by Milcah, father of Rebekah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4435

מִלְכָּה

mil.kah — Milcah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29; daughter of: Haran (H2039); sister of: Lot (H3876) and Iscah (H3252); married to Nahor (H5152H); mother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Milcah = "queen" 1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children 2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5780

עוּץ

uts — Uz

A man of the Syrians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.23; son of: Aram (H0758); brother of: Hul (H2343), Gether (H1666) and Mash (H4851) § Uz = "wooded" 1) son of Aram and grandson of Seth 2) son of Nahor by Milcah 3) an Edomite, son of Dishan and grandson of Seir 4) the country of Job; probably east and southeast of Palestine somewhere in the Arabian desert

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2039

הָרָן

ha.ran — Haran

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.26; son of: Terah (H8646); brother of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H) and Sarah (H8283); father of: Lot (H3876), Milcah (H4435) and Iscah (H3252) § Haran = "mountaineer" 1) youngest son of Terah, brother of Abraham, father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah; born and died in Ur of the Chaldees 2) a Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei 3) a son of Caleb by the concubine Ephah 4) name of the place to which Abraham migrated from Ur of the Chaldees and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves; probably located in Mesopotamia, in Padanaram, the cultivated district at the foot of the hills between the Khabour and the Euphrates below Mount Masius

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8286

שְׂרוּג

se.rug — Serug

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.20; son of: Reu (H7466); father of: Nahor (H5152) Also named: Sarouch (Σαρούχ "Serug" G4562) § Serug = "branch" son of Reu and great grandfather of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7055

קְמוּאֵל

qe.mu.el — Kemuel

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.21; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); father of: Aram (H0758H) § Kemuel = "raised of God" 1) son of Nahor by Milcah and father of Aram 2) son of Shiphtan, prince of the tribe of Ephraim, and one of the 12 men selected to apportion the promised land between the tribes 3) Levite, father of Hashabiah, prince of the tribe in the time of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H938

בּוּז

buz — Buz

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.21; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Buz = "contempt" 1) second son of Nahor, Abraham's nephew 2) a Gadite

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1514

גַּ֫חַם

ga.cham — Gaham

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Tebah (H2875), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Gaham = "burning" a son of Abraham's brother Nahor and his concubine Reumah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2375

חֲזוֹ

cha.zo — Hazo

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Hazo = "vision" son of Nahor by his wife Milcah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2875

טֶ֫בַח

te.vach — Tebah

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Tebah = "a slaughter" a son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3044

יִדְלָ֑ף

yid.laph — Jidlaph

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Jidlaph = "weeping" a son of Nahor

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3777

כֶּ֫שֶׂד

ke.sed — Chesed

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Chesed = "increase" the 4th son of Nahor, the nephew of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6394

פִּלְדָּשׁ

pil.dash — Pildash

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.22; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Milcah (H4435); brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A); half-brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Pildash = "flame of fire" one of the 8 sons of Nahor, the brother of Abraham, by Milcah his wife or niece

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7208

רְאוּמָה

re.u.mah — Reumah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; mother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514), Tahash (H8477) and Maacah (H4601) § Reumah = "elevated" the concubine of Nahor, the brother of Abraham

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8477

תַּ֫חַשׁ

ta.chash — Tahash

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.22.24; son of: Nahor (H5152H) and Reumah (H7208); brother of: Tebah (H2875), Gaham (H1514) and Maacah (H4601); half-brother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044), Bethuel (H1328A) § Thahash = "dugong" son of Nahor by his concubine Reumah and nephew of Abraham

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Historical dictionary entry

Snorting. (1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen. 11:22-25; Luke 3:34). (2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran, and remained in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates at Haran (Gen. 11:27-32). A correspondence was maintained between the family of Abraham in Canaan and the relatives in the old ancestral home at Haran till the time of Jacob. When Jacob fled from Haran all intercourse between the two branches of the family came to an end (Gen. 31:55). His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac’s wife (24:67).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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