King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5152
Transliteration: Nachor
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khore')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: grandfather of Abraham, also the brother of Abraham
Meaning: Nochor
Word Summary
Nachor: grandfather of Abraham, also the brother of Abraham
Original Word: נָחוֹרTransliteration: Nachor
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khore')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: grandfather of Abraham, also the brother of Abraham
Meaning: Nochor
Strong's Concordance
Nahor From the same as nachar; snorer; Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham -- Nahor.
see HEBREW nachar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5152. Nachor
נָחוֺר proper name, masculine (connection with √ obscure); —
1 father of Terah Genesis 11:22-23, 24, 25 (all P), 1 Chronicles 1:26.
2 son of Terah and brother of Abraham Genesis 11:26-27, (P), 11:29 (twice in verse); 22:20, 23; 24:15, 24, 47; compare 29:5 (all J), Joshua 24:2 (E); נ ׳עִיר Genesis 24:10 (J); נ ׳אֶלֹהֵי 31:53 (E). — ᵐ5 always Ναχωρ.