Brown-Driver-Briggs
I.
חָרָן proper name, of a location city in northern Mesopotamia (Assyrian
—arrânu =
road, path COT
Gloss; compare Dl
Pa 185; Jen
Kosmologie 28 'junction of trading-routes' =
cross-roads) — mentioned as city of Abram's sojourn
Genesis 11:31, where his father Terah died
Genesis 11:32, and whence he departed for Canaan
Genesis 12:4,5; where Laban, Jacob's uncle, lived, and whither Jacob fled
Genesis 27:43;
Genesis 28:10 (both
חָרָ֫נָה),
Genesis 29:4; as conquered by fathers of Sennacherib
2 Kings 19:12 =
Isaiah 37:12; as place of trade
Ezekiel 27:23; Assyrian
–arrana (
#NAME?), Schr
COT on
Genesis 11:31;
Genesis 27:43 ᵐ5 Χαρραν. It was an ancient seat of worship of moon-god (Sin), see Schr
KG 355, 596; see further Chwolsohn
Ssabier i, 303 ff. Wüstenfeld
ZMG 1864, 443 f. Schr
KG 355, 536 Sachau
Reise 217 ff. Mez
Geschichte. d. Stadt Harran, 1892.
II. חָרָן proper name, masculine son of Caleb of Judah 1 Chronicles 2:46 (twice in verse); ᵐ5 Αρραν, ᵐ5L Ωρων (Sabean proper name חרן DHMEpigr. Dakam. 56).
חוֺרֹן, חֹרֹן see בֵּית חוֺרֹן above