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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
Acts 7:2-4
2
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
4
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. (Acts 7:2‑4)
). [
HARAN
.]
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
See
HARAN
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
5488
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
Χαῤῥάν
Transliteration:
Charrhan
Phonic:
khar-hran’
Meaning:
of Hebrew origin (
2771
); Charrhan (i.e. Charan), a place in Mesopotamia
KJV Usage:
Charran
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
Greek form of Haran
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Very scorched, or dry:―a place in Mesopotamia [HARAN], Acts 7:2. {Valde adustus}