Definition

Charan, the name of a man and also of a place

Etymology

from H2787 (חָרַר); parched;

Where the KJV renders it

• Haran

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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