Charan means “Haran” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2771 — kerdos (“gain”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2771 חָרָן (Charan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Charan (kaw-rawn') n/l. 1. parched 2. Charan, the name of a man and also of a place It has 11 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include haran and are. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Charan (kaw-rawn') n/l. 1. parched 2. Charan, the name of a man and also of a place [from H2787] KJV: Haran. Root(s): H2787
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Haran
Usage: Haran = "mountaineer" the city to which Abraham migrated when he left Ur of the Chaldees and where he stayed until his father died before leaving for the promised land; located in Mesopotamia in Padan-aram at the foot of Mount Masius between the Khabour and the Euphrates Also named: Charran (Χαρράν "Haran" G5488)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Charan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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11 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
First 11 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2771.
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?
Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2771, grouped by book.
Charan (Strong's H2771) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Haran". Charan (kaw-rawn') n/l. 1. parched 2. Charan, the name of a man and also of a place
This page currently indexes 11 linked usages for Strong's H2771 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2771 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as haran and are. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.