HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6307
פַּדָּן
pad.dan — Paddan
§ Padan or Padan-aram = "field" a plain or tableland in northern Mesopotamia in Aram, a region of Syria
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Padan-aram
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2771
חָרָן
cha.ran — Haran
Haran = "mountaineer" the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates Also named: Charran (Χαρράν "Haran" G5488)
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The plain of Aram, or the plain of the highlands, (Gen. 25:20; 28:2, 5-7; 31:18, etc.), commonly regarded as the district of Mesopotamia (q.v.) lying around Haran.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.