2771 - Charan

Strong's Concordance

Original word: חָרָן
Transliteration: Charan
Definition (short): Haran
Definition (full): Haran -- |crossroads|, a city in northern Mesopotamia

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From charar; parched; Charan, the name of a man and also of a place -- Haran.

see HEBREW charar

KJV: And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
NASB: Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there.
KJV: And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
NASB: The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.
KJV: So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
NASB: So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
KJV: And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
NASB: Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.
KJV: Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
NASB: "Now therefore, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban!