Haran

A Levite, in the time of the Divided Monarchy · Tribe of Levi · named in 1 verse

the name means mountaineer Strong's Lexicon

Haran was a Levite of the Shimei clan who lived during the reign of King David.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) 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.

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Shimei

Siblings Zimmah, Shelomoth, Haziel

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at 1 Chronicles 23:9.

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Verses that name Haran

1 Chronicles 23:9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.