Hara
(mountain land), ( 1 Chronicles 5:26 ) only, is either a place utterly unknown or it must be regarded as identical with Haran or Charran.
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Haran
(a mountaineer). The third son of Terah, and therefore youngest brother of Abram. ( Genesis 11:26 ) (B.C. 1926.) Three children are ascribed to him—Lot, vs. ( Genesis 11:27 , 31 ) and two daughters, viz., Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, ver. ( Genesis 11:29 ) and Iscah. ver. ( Genesis 11:29 ) Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there while his father was still living. ver. ( Genesis 11:28 ) A Gershonite Levite in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. ( 1 Chronicles 23:9 ) A son of the great Caleb by his concubine Ephah. ( 1 Chronicles 2:46 ) HARAN or Charran , ( Acts 7:2 , 4 ) name of the place whither Abraham migrated with his family from Ur of the Chaldees, and where the descendants of his brother Nahor established themselves. Comp. ( Genesis 24:10 ) with Genesis27:43 It is said to be in Mesopotamia, ( Genesis 24:10 ) or more definitely in Padan-aram, ch. ( Genesis 25:20 ) the cultivated district at the foot of the hills, a name well applying to the beautiful stretch of country which lies below Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates. Here, about midway in this district, is a small village still called Harran . It was celebrated among the Romans, under the name of Charrae, as the scene of the defeat of Crassus.