Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Haran
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Haran

Haran [Hā'ran]—enlightened or strong.

  1. The third son of Terah, younger brother of Abraham and father of Lot (Gen. 11:26-31).
  2. A Gershonite Levite in David’s time, and one of the family of Shimei (1 Chron. 23:9).
  3. A son of Caleb the spy, by his concubine, Ephah, and called Charun. His son was named Gazez (1 Chron. 2:46). Haran or its New Testament equivalent Charrun, is also the name of the place Abram and his family emigrated to from Ur (Gen. 11:31, 32).
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