Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8646
תֶּ֫רַח
te.rach · “Terah”
Used 13 times across 4 books
Definition
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.24;
son of: Nahor (H5152);
father of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283)
Also named: Thara (Θάρα "Terah" G2291)
§ Terah = "station"
1) the father of Abraham
Tarah = "delay"
2) a station of Israel in the wilderness
son of: Nahor (H5152);
father of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H), Haran (H2039) and Sarah (H8283)
Also named: Thara (Θάρα "Terah" G2291)
§ Terah = "station"
1) the father of Abraham
Tarah = "delay"
2) a station of Israel in the wilderness
Where it appears
Genesis9
Numbers2
Joshua1
1 Chronicles1
In the text
Genesis 11:24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:Genesis 11:25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.Genesis 11:26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.Genesis 11:27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.Genesis 11:28And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.Genesis 11:31And 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.Genesis 11:32And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.Numbers 33:27And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.Numbers 33:28And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.Joshua 24:2And 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.
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