Bible Person
Meaning: mountainous country · Male · 5 cross references
Haran is the son of Terah, brother of Abram and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. His early death in Ur shapes the family network out of which the patriarchal story unfolds. First appears in Gen 11:26.1
AI summary: Haran matters because the cross references place him at a crucial juncture in Abraham's extended family. Through Lot and Milcah in particular, his line continues to influence major developments in Genesis, even though he dies before the migration story unfolds. His absence still shapes the living family structure that follows. Taken together, the material presents Haran as a patriarchal family member whose descendants remain central after his early death.1
Central Figure
Haran
Meaning: mountainous country
Heb.
Heb. haran; i.e., “mountaineer.” The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father (Gen. 11:27), in Ur of the Chaldees. 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.