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Nahor
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Nahor (1)
#The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen. 11:22-25; Luke 3:34).
Nahor (2)
#A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:26, 27; Josh. 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 (Gen. 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 (Gen. 31:55). His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac’s wife (24:67).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(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.
In the Bible
18
Verses where Nahor is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 1:26
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
- Genesis 11:22
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
- Genesis 11:23
And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:24
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
- Genesis 11:25
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:26
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
+12 more verses naming Nahor.
Scripture on Nahor
8
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Entries that reference Nahor
27
Nahor references
13
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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