Hebrew word · H8646

תֶּ֫רַח

tarach

Terah

Appears 13 times in 11 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.24;

son of: Nahor (H5152);

father of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283)

Also named: Thara (Θάρα "Terah" G2291)

§ Terah = "station"

1) the father of Abraham

Tarah = "delay"

2) a station of Israel in the wilderness

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 9

  1. Genesis 11:24 תָּֽרַח׃ Terah

    When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

  2. Genesis 11:25 תֶּ֔רַח Terah

    And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

  3. Genesis 11:26 תֶ֖רַח Terah

    When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

  4. Genesis 11:27 תֶּ֔רַח תֶּ֚רַח Terah

    This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

    Here: The father whose name heads the section. He is the starting point from which this family history unfolds.

  5. Genesis 11:28 תֶּ֣רַח Terah

    During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

    Here: Terah is the head of the family. This section of Genesis is his 'account' or family history (11:27). The death happens in his household and under his eyes.

  6. Genesis 11:31 תֶּ֜רַח Terah

    And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

    Here: The father and head of the clan. Joshua 24:2 remembers him as someone who 'served other gods' beyond the Euphrates. His name may echo a place-name near Haran (Til-ša-Turaḫi in Assyrian texts), though that link is uncertain.

  7. Genesis 11:32 תֶ֔רַח תֶּ֖רַח Terah

    Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

Numbers · 2

  1. Numbers 33:27 בְּתָֽרַח׃ at Tarah

    They set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.

  2. Numbers 33:28 מִתָּ֑רַח from Tarah

    They set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

Joshua · 1

  1. Joshua 24:2 תֶּ֛רַח Terah

    And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.

    Here: Abraham's father. Genesis 11:26–32 says he moved the family from Ur of the Chaldeans to Haran and died there. He is the one ancestor named as a server of other gods.

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:26 תָּֽרַח׃ Terah

    Serug, Nahor, Terah,

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