Aran

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:28

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A Horite (Genesis 36:28).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:28

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ARAN . Son of Dishan the Horite ( Genesis 36:28 , 1 Chronicles 1:42 ), a descendant of Esau. The name denotes ‘a wild goat,’ and Dishan ‘an antelope’ or ‘gazelle’; while Seir the ancestor is ‘the he-goat.’

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Descendant of Seir the Horite. Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:42 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

A'ran. (wild goat). A Horite, son of Dishan and brother of Uz. Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:42.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ā´ran ( ארן , 'ărān , "wild goat"): A son of Dishan, the Horite (Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:42 ). It may possibly be connected with the Yerahmelite Oren (רן ), '''''' - ren' (1 Chronicles 2:25; compare Curtis, Chron . at the place; Dillmann, Gen at the place; ZDMG , L, 168); Robertson Smith claims that this name is equivalent to the Samaritan , ארן ('-r-n), "wild goat" ( Jour. Phil ., IX, 90). J. Jacobs translates it by "ass" ( Stud. Biblical Arch. , 71). This is one of the many totem names in the Bible. More than one-third of the Horites, the descendants of Seir, bear animal names, and those clans of the Edomites connected with the Horites also have animal names. The very name "Self" means a "he-goat," and Dishan, "a gazelle" ( Stud. Biblical Arch. , 70-72). Gray, however, remarks that "the instance (Aran) is most uncertain" ( HPN , 108).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Aran', אֲרָן , wild goat; Sept. Αράν, v. r. Ἀῤῥάν), the second named of the two sons of Dishan, and grandson of Seir the Horite (Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:42). B.C. cir. 1963.