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terah

terah


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Terah 
  the  wanderer;  loiterer,  for  some  unknown  reason  emigrated  with 
  his  family  from  his  native  mountains  in  the  north  to  the  plains 
  of  Mesopotamia.  He  had  three  sons,  Haran,  Nahor,  and  Abraham, 
  and  one  daughter,  Sarah.  He  settled  in  "Ur  of  the  Chaldees," 
  where  his  son  Haran  died,  leaving  behind  him  his  son  Lot  Nahor 
  settled  at  Haran,  a  place  on  the  way  to  Ur  Terah  afterwards 
  migrated  with  Abraham  (probably  his  youngest  son)  and  Lot  (his 
  grandson),  together  with  their  families,  from  Ur  intending  to 
  go  with  them  to  Canaan;  but  he  tarried  at  Haran,  where  he  spent 
  the  remainder  of  his  days,  and  died  at  the  age  of  two  hundred 
  and  five  years  (Gen.  11:24-32;  Josh.  24:2).  What  a  wonderful 
  part  the  descendants  of  this  Chaldean  shepherd  have  played  in 
  the  history  of  the  world! 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Terah,  to  breathe;  scent;  blow