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<p> '''Ha'ran.''' ''(a mountaineer).'' </p> <p> 1. The third son of Terah, and, therefore, the youngest brother of Abram. &nbsp;Genesis 11:26. [[(B.C.]] 1926). Three children are ascribed to him - Lot, &nbsp;Genesis 11:27; &nbsp;Genesis 11:31, and two daughters, namely, Milcah, who married her uncle Nahor, &nbsp;Genesis 11:29, and Iscah. &nbsp;Genesis 11:29. Haran was born in Ur of the Chaldees, and he died there, while his father was still living. &nbsp;Genesis 11:28. </p> <p> 2. [[A]] Gershonite Levite, in the time of David, one of the family of Shimei. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:9. </p> <p> 3. [[A]] son of the great Caleb, by his concubine, Ephah. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:46. </p> <p> 4. '''Haran''' or '''Charran''' , &nbsp;Acts 7:2; &nbsp;Acts 7:4, 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. Compare &nbsp;Genesis 24:10 with &nbsp;Genesis 27:43. </p> <p> It is said to be in Mesopotamia, &nbsp;Genesis 24:10, or more definitely in Padan-aram, &nbsp;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. </p>

<p> '''Haran''' (''hâ'ran'' ), ''a mountaineer.'' 1. The brother of Abraham, and the father of Lot. &nbsp;Genesis 11:26. 2. [[A]] Levite. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:9. </p> <p> '''Haran''' (''hâ'ran'' ), ''parched, dry;'' called '''Charran''' (''kăr'ran'' ). &nbsp;Acts 7:2. 4 [[A.]] [[V.]] The place to which Terah removed from Ur of the Chaldees. Terah died there, &nbsp;Genesis 11:31-32; Abram and [[Lot]] moved to Canaan, &nbsp;Genesis 12:4, while [[Nahor]] remained at Haran, which was called the city of Nahor. &nbsp;Genesis 24:10. It was the early home of Rebekah, and Jacob afterward resided there with Laban. &nbsp;Genesis 27:43. The city was in Mesopotamia, and more definitely in Padanaram, &nbsp;Genesis 24:10; &nbsp;Genesis 25:20, and also in western Assyria. It is generally identified with the modern Haran, the Roman Carræ, situated on the river Belik—the ancient Bilichus—about 60 miles above its entrance into the Euphrates. </p>