Person

Haran

Haran (brother of Abraham)

Name means
mountainous country
Born
Ur of the Chaldees
Died
Ur of the Chaldees
Mentioned
5 verses · first in Genesis 11:26

Family

GrandparentsNahor
ParentsTerah
Haran
Brothers & sistersAbrahamNahorSarah

About Haran

Heb. haran; i.e., “mountaineer.” The eldest son of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. He died before his father (Gen. 11:27), in Ur of the Chaldees.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

On the map

Every mention

Genesis 11:26–29, 11:31

Others called Haran

People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.