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Strong's H5152 נָחוֹר (nachor)

Nachor means “Nahor” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G5152 — tristegon (“third loft”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H5152
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 17
Books 3

Strong's H5152 Quick Answer

Strong's H5152 נָחוֹר (Nachowr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Nachowr (naw-khore') n/p. 1. snorer 2. Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham It has 17 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include nahor, nahor's, and abraham. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Nachowr (naw-khore') n/p. 1. snorer 2. Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham
Usage
17 linked usages
Books
3 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
nahor, nahor's, and abraham

Meaning and Definition

Nachowr (naw-khore') n/p. 1. snorer 2. Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham [from the same as H5170] KJV: Nahor. Root(s): H5170

Original Word
נָחוֹר
Transliteration
Nachowr
Derivation
First root strongs: 5170
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5152. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Nahor

Usage: A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.22; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646) Also named: Nachōr (Ναχώρ "Nahor" G3493) § Nahor = "snorting" 1) son of Serug, father of Terah, and grandfather of Abraham 2) son of Terah and brother of Abraham

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How Strong's H5152 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Nachowr, 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.

Nahor Genesis 11:22 15× Abraham Joshua 24:2 Nahor's Genesis 24:47

How Strong's H5152 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5152 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5152 in the Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 11:22 KJV

And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

Genesis 11:23 KJV

And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24 KJV

And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

Usage Excerpts

First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5152.

Genesis 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:27 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis 11:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 22:20 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
Genesis 22:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Genesis 24:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:15 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
Genesis 24:24 Old Testament, KJV
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
Genesis 24:47 Old Testament, KJV
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Genesis 29:5 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
Genesis 31:53 Old Testament, KJV
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
Joshua 24:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5152, grouped by book.

Genesis 15 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5152 FAQ

What does nachor (נָחוֹר) mean?

Nachor (Strong's H5152) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Nahor". Nachowr (naw-khore') n/p. 1. snorer 2. Nochor, the name of the grandfather and a brother of Abraham

How many times is nachor (נָחוֹר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's H5152 across 3 books.

Where can I study nachor (נָחוֹר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5152 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate nachor (נָחוֹר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as nahor, nahor's, and abraham. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.