Greek word · G5488

Χαρράν

charran

Haran

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

χαρράν

indecl. (in FlJ., Ant., i, 16, 1, Κάρρα, -ας, ib. 6, 5, Χαρρά, -ᾶς; so LXX: Genesis 29:4 E, Ezekiel 27:28 B, elsewhere -άν­Heb. חָרָן), Haran, a town in N.W. Mesopotamia: Acts 7:2, 4.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Acts · 2

  1. Acts 7:2 Χαρράν, Haran,

    And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

    Here: Haran, a city in northern Mesopotamia (in today's south-eastern Turkey) where Abraham's family stopped on the way to Canaan (Genesis 11:31). The Greek spelling comes from the Septuagint, which explains the KJV's "Charran".

  2. Acts 7:4 Χαρράν· Haran;

    So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

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