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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Nahor

Nahor [N] [H] [S]

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

  • A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham ( Genesis 11:26 Genesis 11:27 ; Joshua 24:2 , RSV). 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 ).

    These dictionary topics are from
    M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
    published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
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    Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Nahor". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

    • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Nahor

    Nahor [N] [E] [S]

    hoarse; dry; hot
    Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.
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    Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Nahor'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

    Smith's Bible Dictionary - Nahor

    Nahor [N] [E] [H]

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

    1. His grandfather; the son of Serug and father of Terah. ( Genesis 11:22-25 ) (B.C. 2174.)
    2. Grandson of the preceding son of Terah and brother of Abraham and Haran. ( Genesis 11:26 Genesis 11:27 ) (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.
    [N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
    [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
    [H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names
    Bibliography Information

    Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Nahor'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

    International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Nahor

    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; 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."

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    Bibliography Information
    Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NAHOR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.