Bible Dictionary: Nahor

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Nahor

hoarse; dry; hot

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Nahor

(snorting), the name of two persons in the family of Abraham.

His grandfather; the son of Serug and father of Terah. (Genesis 11:22-25) (B.C. 2174.)
Grandson of the preceding son of Terah and brother of Abraham and Haran. (Genesis 11:26,27) (B.C. 2000.) The order of the ages of the family of Terah is not improbably inverted in the narrative; in which case Nahor instead of being younger than Abraham, was really older. He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran; and when Abraham and Lot migrated to Canaan, Nahor remained behind in the land of his birth, on the eastern side of the Euphrates.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Nahor

1. Son of Serug, and father of Terah, Genesis 11:22-25 Luke 3:34.

2. Son of Terah, and brother of Abraham and Haran. He married Milcah his niece in Ur of the Chaldees, Genesis 11:26,29, but seems to have transferred his residence to Haran, Genesis 24:10 27:43. He had twelve sons, and among them Bethuel the father of Rebekah, Genesis 22:20-24.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Snorting.

(1.) The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Genesis 11:22-25; Luke 3:34).

(2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Genesis 11:26, 27; Joshua 24:2, R.V.). He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran, and remained in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates at Haran (Genesis 11:27-32). A correspondence was maintained between the family of Abraham in Canaan and the relatives in the old ancestral home at Haran till the time of Jacob. When Jacob fled from Haran all intercourse between the two branches of the family came to an end (Genesis 31:55). His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac's wife (24:67).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

NAHOR

na'-hor (nachor; in the New Testament Nachor):e representative of Naphtali among the 12 spies (Numbers 13:14).

(1) Son of Serug and grandfather of Abraham (Genesis 11:22-25 1 Chronicles 1:26).

(2) Son of Terah and brother of Abraham (Genesis 11:26, 27, 29; Genesis 22:20, 23; 24:15, 24, 47; 29:5 Joshua 24:2).

A city of Nahor is mentioned in Genesis 24:10; the God of Nahor in Genesis 31:53. In the King James Version Joshua 24:2 Luke 3:34, the name is spelled "Nachor."

Greek

3493. Nachor -- Nahor, the grandfather of Abraham
... Nahor, the grandfather of Abraham. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Transliteration: Nachor Phonetic Spelling: (nakh-ore') Short Definition: Nahor ...
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Strong's Hebrew

758. Aram -- Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of Shem ...
... 757, 758. Aram. 759 . Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of
Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and an Israelite. Transliteration ...
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1514. Gacham -- perhaps "flame," a son of Nahor
... 1513, 1514. Gacham. 1515 . perhaps "flame," a son of Nahor. Transliteration:
Gacham Phonetic Spelling: (gah'-kham) Short Definition: Gaham. ...
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5780. Uts -- a son of Aram, also a son of Nahor, also an Edomite ...
... 5779, 5780. Uts. 5781 . a son of Aram, also a son of Nahor, also an Edomite,
also perhaps a district East of Pal. Transliteration ...
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2375. Chazo -- a son of Nahor
... 2374, 2375. Chazo. 2376 . a son of Nahor. Transliteration: Chazo Phonetic
Spelling: (khaz-o') Short Definition: Hazo. Word Origin ...
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3777. Kesed -- a son of Nahor
... 3776, 3777. Kesed. 3778 . a son of Nahor. Transliteration: Kesed Phonetic
Spelling: (keh'-sed) Short Definition: Chesed. Word Origin ...
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7208. Reumah -- concubine of Nahor
... 7207, 7208. Reumah. 7209 . concubine of Nahor. Transliteration: Reumah
Phonetic Spelling: (reh-oo-maw') Short Definition: Reumah. ...
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2875. Tebach -- son of Nahor
... 2874, 2875. Tebach. 2876 . son of Nahor. Transliteration: Tebach Phonetic
Spelling: (teh'-bakh) Short Definition: Tebah. Word Origin ...
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8477. Tachash -- a son of Nahor
... 8476, 8477. Tachash. 8478 . a son of Nahor. Transliteration: Tachash Phonetic
Spelling: (takh'-ash) Short Definition: Tahash. Word ...
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3044. Yidlaph -- a son of Nahor
... 3043, 3044. Yidlaph. 3045 . a son of Nahor. Transliteration: Yidlaph Phonetic
Spelling: (yid-lawf') Short Definition: Jidlaph. Word ...
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5152. Nachor -- grandfather of Abraham, also the brother of ...
... Nachor. 5153 . grandfather of Abraham, also the brother of Abraham. Transliteration:
Nachor Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khore') Short Definition: Nahor. ... Nahor. ...
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Library

Why, in the Account of Terah's Emigration, on his Forsaking the ...
... Chapter 13."Why, in the Account of Terah's Emigration, on His Forsaking the Chaldeans
and Passing Over into Mesopotamia, No Mention is Made of His Son Nahor. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 13 why in the account.htm

Of Rebecca, the Grand-Daughter of Nahor, whom Isaac Took to Wife.
... Book XVI. Chapter 33."Of Rebecca, the Grand-Daughter of Nahor, Whom Isaac
Took to Wife. Isaac married Rebecca, the grand-daughter ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 33 of rebecca the grand-daughter.htm

How Every Nation was Denominated from their First Inhabitants.
... The son of Phaleg, whose father Was Heber, was Ragau; whose son was Serug, to whom
was born Nahor; his son was Terah, who was the father of Abraham, who ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how every nation.htm

Isaac the Shepherd Prince.
... The children of Nahor, Abraham's brother, lived there still, and Abraham wished
for his son Isaac a wife of his own people, who should be both good and ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter iv isaac the shepherd.htm

Of the Era in Abraham's Life from which a New Period in the Holy ...
... from Shem, Noah's son, down to Abraham, it then signalizes an era by saying, "These
are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 12 of the era in.htm

How Rebekah Became the Wife of Isaac
... So he went to the town of Nahor. ... Is there room in your father's house for us to spend
the night?" She answered, "I am the grand-daughter of Milcah and Nahor. ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/how rebekah became the wife.htm

The Story of Rebekah.
... Isaac. Then the man took ten camels, together with food and other goods
for the journey, and set out for the city of Nahor. When ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/the story of rebekah.htm

Of the Genealogy of Shem, in Whose Line the City of God is ...
... Peleg himself lived 130 years, and begat Reu; and Reu lived 132 years, and begat
Serug; Serug 130, and begat Nahor; and Nahor 79, and begat Terah; and Terah 70 ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 10 of the genealogy of.htm

Concerning Jacob's Flight into Mesopotamia, by Reason of the Fear ...
... relation between thee and me, elder than either thy or my birth, if thou be the
daughter of Laban; for Abraham was the son of Terah, as well as Haran and Nahor ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 19 concerning jacobs flight.htm

How Isaac Took Rebeka to Wife.
... 1. Now when Abraham, the father of Isaac, had resolved to take Rebeka, who was
grand-daughter to his brother Nahor, for a wife to his son Isaac, who was then ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 16 how isaac took.htm

Thesaurus

Nahor (18 Occurrences)
...NAHOR. na'-hor (nachor; in the New Testament Nachor):e representative of Naphtali
among the 12 spies (Numbers 13:14). ...Nahor (18 Occurrences). ...
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Nahor's (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Nahor's (4 Occurrences). Genesis 11:29 Abram and
Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and ...
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Terah (12 Occurrences)
... Mesopotamia. He had three sons, Haran, Nahor, and Abraham, and one daughter,
Sarah. ... Lot. Nahor settled at Haran, a place on the way to Ur. ...
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Milcah (10 Occurrences)
... MILCAH. mil'-ka (milkah; Melcha): (1) Daughter of Haran, wife of Nahor, and grandmother
of Rebekah (Genesis 11:29; Genesis 22:20-23; 24:15, 24, 47). ...
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Bethuel (10 Occurrences)
... Man of God, or virgin of God, or house of God. (1.) The son of Nahor by Milcah;
nephew of Abraham, and father of Rebekah (Genesis 22:22, 23; 24:15, 24, 47). ...
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Begot (119 Occurrences)
... (DBY JPS). Genesis 11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. (DBY JPS). ...
(DBY JPS). Genesis 11:24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Terah. ...
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Uz (8 Occurrences)
... (3.) The eldest son of Nahor, Abraham's brother (Genesis 22:21, RV). Uz, The land
of. ... (2) The son of Nahor by Milcah, and older brother of Buz (Genesis 2:21). ...
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Begetteth (52 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Genesis 11:22 And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor. (YLT). ...
(YLT). Genesis 11:24 And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah. ...
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Rebekah (31 Occurrences)
... The circumstances under which Abraham's "steward" found her at the "city
of Nahor," in Padan-aram, are narrated in Genesis 24-27. ...
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Haran (19 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) Hebrews haran; ie, "mountaineer." The eldest son
of Terah, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. ...
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Bible Concordance

Nahor (18 Occurrences)

Luke 3:34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
(WEB WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of sons and daughters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 11:29 Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 22:20 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 22:23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 24:10 The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master's with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 24:15 It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 24:24 She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 24:47 I asked her, and said,'Whose daughter are you?' She said,'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 29:5 He said to them, "Do you know Laban, the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 24:2 Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Nahor

Nahor: Brother of Abraham

Nahor: Brother of Abraham: Marriage and Descendants of

Nahor: Grandfather of Abraham

Nahor: Grandfather of Abraham in the Lineage of Christ

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Related Terms

Nahor's (4 Occurrences)

Terah (12 Occurrences)

Milcah (10 Occurrences)