King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5488
Transliteration: Charran
Phonetic Spelling: (khar-hran')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Haran, a city in northwest Mesopotamia
Meaning: Haran -- a city in northwest Mesopotamia
Χαρράν (Hebrew חָרָן (i. e. (probably) 'parched', 'arid'), Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:5; Genesis 27:43), Haran (so R. V.; A. V. (after the Greek) Charran), called Καρραι in Greek writings andCarroe in Latin, a city of Mesopotamia, of great antiquity and made famous by the defeat of Crassus: Acts 7:2, 4. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word; Vaihinger in Herzog 5:539; (Schultz in Herzog edition 2, under the word); Steiner in Sehenkel 2:592; Schrader in Riehm, p. 571.
Word Summary
Charran: Haran, a city in northwest Mesopotamia
Original Word: ΧαρράνTransliteration: Charran
Phonetic Spelling: (khar-hran')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Haran, a city in northwest Mesopotamia
Meaning: Haran -- a city in northwest Mesopotamia
Strong's Concordance
HaranOf Hebrew origin (Charan); Charrhan (i.e. Charan), a place in Mesopotamia -- Charran.
see HEBREW Charan
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5488: ΧαρράνΧαρράν (Hebrew חָרָן (i. e. (probably) 'parched', 'arid'), Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:5; Genesis 27:43), Haran (so R. V.; A. V. (after the Greek) Charran), called Καρραι in Greek writings andCarroe in Latin, a city of Mesopotamia, of great antiquity and made famous by the defeat of Crassus: Acts 7:2, 4. Cf. Winers RWB, under the word; Vaihinger in Herzog 5:539; (Schultz in Herzog edition 2, under the word); Steiner in Sehenkel 2:592; Schrader in Riehm, p. 571.