BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8646
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
11 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2291
Thara — Terah
Θαρά (Rec. Θάρα), ὁ, indecl. (Heb. תֶּרַח), Terah (Gen.11:24-28, 31-32): Luk.3:34.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H85
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
158 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H87
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
50 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8283
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
32 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5152
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
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8297
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
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2039
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
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1203
be.esh.te.rah — Beeshterah
Beeshterah = "with increase" a Levitical city in Manasseh, east of the Jordan; probably identical with 'Ashtaroth' Another name of ash.ta.rot (עַשְׁתָּרוֹת "Ashtaroth" H6252H)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3592
ki.don — Chidon
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.6; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646); also called Chidon (NIV: Kidon) at 1Ch.13.9; Another name of na.khon (נָכוֹן "Nacon" H5225) § Chidon = "javelin" the owner or site of Uzziah's death for touching the ark
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5225
na.khon — Nacon
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.6; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646); also called Chidon (NIV: Kidon) at 1Ch.13.9; Also named: ki.don (כִּידֹן "Chidon" H3592) § Nachon = "prepared" the owner of the threshing floor which the ark was passing on the trip to Jerusalem when it started to fall off the cart, Uzzah steadied it, and God smote him dead for touching it
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →The wanderer; loiterer, for some unknown reason emigrated with his family from his native mountains in the north to the plains of Mesopotamia. He had three sons, Haran, Nahor, and Abraham, and one daughter, Sarah. He settled in “Ur of the Chaldees,” where his son Haran died, leaving behind him his son Lot. Nahor settled at Haran, a place on the way to Ur. Terah afterwards migrated with Abraham (probably his youngest son) and Lot (his grandson), together with their families, from Ur, intending to go with them to Canaan; but he tarried at Haran, where he spent the remainder of his days, and died at the age of two hundred and five years (Gen. 11:24-32; Josh. 24:2). What a wonderful part the descendants of this Chaldean shepherd have played in the history of the world!
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
