Haran – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Haran
hacer
v.
make; manufacture; create; construct, build; fashion, shape; compose; emit; wage, conduct (war, battle); prepare, do; cause; perform; effect; force; render; fabricate; behave, act in a particular manner; live through; be
hara
n.
stud farm, stud, stock farm, haras
Haran
mountainous country
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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Haran
(a mountaineer).
→ The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram. (Genesis 11:26) (B.C. 1926.) Three children are ascribed to him-Lot, vs. (Genesis 11:27,31) and two daughters, viz., Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver. (Genesis 11:29) and Iscah. ver. (Genesis 11:29) Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there while his father was still living. ver. (Genesis 11:28)
→ A Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. (1 Chronicles 23:9)
→ A son of the great Caleb by his concubine Ephah. (1 Chronicles 2:46)
→ HARAN or Charran, (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. (Genesis 24:10) with Genesis27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia, (Genesis 24:10) or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch. (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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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