Genesis 11:27; 24:10
Nacor (Heb. Nâjôr, “snorting” or “snoring[snorerl”;cun.NaharanNiharuandNiharan;Gr.najor).1.SonofSerugandgrandfatherofAbraham(Gen11:22-25;Luk3:34).2.SonofTerahandbrotherofAbraham(Gen11:26).Althoughthefactisnotrecordedheprobablymovedwithhisfather’sfamilyfromUrtoHaranorfollowedhimalittlelaterforhisdescendantsarelaterfoundintheregionofHaran(24:1015-27:43).HemarriedMilcaherniece(11:29)andhadchildrenwithher(22:21-23)whobecameancestorsofArameantribes.OneofhissonsBethuelwasthefatherofRebekahandLaban(24:1529).FurthermoreNahorhad4childrenwithReumaaconcubine(22:24).Theyalsoappeartohavebeenheadsoftribalunits.3.City(Gen24:10)whichuntilnowwasbelievedtobejustanothernameforHaran(27:43;28:10).However18th-centuryBCcuneiformtabletsdiscoveredatMari*andotherAssyriandocumentsmentionacityintheHaranregionbythenameofTil-NahiriruledbyanAmoriteking.Thereforeitmustbeconcludedthatthe”cityofNahor”wasnotthesamecityasHaranbutaseparatetownprobablyfoundedbyNahorandnamedafterhim.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
male name. 1. Son of Serug, Gn 11, 22, and father of Terah, Gn 11, 24, who in turn was the father of Abraham. He is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus, Lk, 3, 34. 2. Son of Terah, Gen 26, 27, and brother of Abraham, Gen 22, 20, 23.
Born in Ur of the Chaldeans, he later lived in Haran, the city of Nahor, Gn 24, 10. He married the daughter of Haran, called Milkah, Gn 11, 29. He had eight children with her, four by his concubine Reumah, Gn 22 , 20-24. One of his sons was Bethuel, father of Rebekah, Isaac’s wife, Gn 22, 23.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
1. Abraham’s grandfather (Gen 11:22-26; 1Ch 1:26-27).
2. Son of Terah and brother of Abraham (Gen 11:26-29; Gen 22:20-23; Gen 24:15, Gen 24:24, Gen 24:47; Gen 29:5; Josh 24:2). The city of Nahor is in Mesopotamia (Gen 24:10). The God of Nahor is the same as the God of Abraham (Gen 31:53).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(Furious). Name of people from the OT.
1. Member of the †œgenerations of Sem† . Son of Serug. He was the father of Terah (Gen 11: 22-25).
. Member of the †œgenerations of Sem† . He was the son of Terah. Brother of Abraham and Haran. His wife was called Milca (Gen 11: 27-29). He had a concubine named Reuma. He fathered twelve children (eight with Milca, four with Reúma). One of them was Bethuel, who was the father of Rebekah and Laban (Gen 22:20-24; Gen 29:4-6).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, = “who gasps, who snorts”. (a) Son of Serug and grandfather of Abraham (Gen. 11:24, 25). (b) Son of Terah and brother of Abraham (Gen. 11:27). He married Milca, his niece, daughter of Haran (Gen. 11:29). He is not mentioned among those who left Ur of the Chaldeans with Terah, Abraham, and Lot, but he is found later in Haran, in Mesopotamia (Gen. 24:10; 27:43). He had eight sons by Milca, who became the progenitors of the Aramean tribes. His concubine bore him four sons, from whom other peoples also arose (Gen. 22: 21-24). Bethuel, son of Nahor and Milcah, became the father of Rebekah and Laban (Gen. 24:15, 29). The Mari tablets, and more recent Middle Assyrian documents, frequently name the city of Nahor (Gen. 24:10), called Nakhur (Najur). It was located approximately further south of Haran, in the Balikh valley. In the fourteenth century BC it was ruled by Amorite princes (cf. Courville, “The Exodus Problem and its Ramifications”, vol. II, p. 233 sqq.).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
1. Father of Terah and grandfather of Abraham. He was a son of Serug and a descendant of Shem. He lived one hundred and forty-eight years, from 2177 to 2029 BC. CE (Ge 11:22-26; 1Ch 1:24-27; Lu 3:34-36)
2. Son of Terah, grandson of Nahor (No. 1), and brother of Abraham. (Ge 11:26; Jos 24: 2) Nahor married his niece Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran and the sister of Lot. With her he had eight children, and with her concubine, Reumah, he had another four, twelve in all, some of whom became tribal heads. (Ge 11:27, 29; 22: 20-24) Through his son Bethuel, Nahor became the grandfather of Laban and Rebekah, and the great-grandfather of Leah, Rachel, Jacob (Israel), and Esau. (Ge 24:15, 24, 47; 29:5, 16; 1Ch 1:34)
In the Genesis account of the departure of Terah and Abraham from Ur of the Chaldeans, Nahor’s name is not included among the travelers. (Ge 11:31) It seems that he left later, since when Abraham’s servant went to find a wife for Isaac, he traveled to Haran, where Terah had settled and where he died, and where Nahor’s grandson also lived, Laban, when Jacob went looking for him. (Ge 11:31, 32; 12:4; 27:43) Abraham’s servant went to “the city of Nahor,” Haran itself or a nearby place, perhaps the Nahur frequently mentioned in various tablets of Mari of the II millennium a. CE (Ge 24:10; 29:4; The Biblical Archaeologist, 1948, p. 16) When Jacob separated from Laban, Laban called on “the god of Abraham and the god of Nahor” to judge between them. (Ge 31:53; see HARI N No. 4.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
1. Son of Serug, and grandfather of Abraham (Gen. 11.22–25; 1 Chr. 1.26).
2. Son of Terah, and brother of Abraham and Haran. He married his niece Milcah, daughter of Haran (Gen. 11:26–27, 29). Nahor probably traveled to Haran with Terah, Abram, and Lot despite Gen’s silence. 11.31 to this effect, because Haran became known as “the city of Nahor” (Gen. 24.10; cf. 27.43). He was the progenitor of twelve Aramean tribes listed in Gen. 22.20–24. This reflects the intimate relationship between the Hebrews and the Arameans. The Mari tablets (18th century BC) mention a place called Nahor in the vicinity of Haran.
To reveal that Nahor was devoted to the false god of his father Terah, it is necessary to compare the other two passages where Nahor is mentioned (Gn. 31.53; cf. Jos. 24.2). This means that the consecration at Mizpah (Gen. 31.43ff) took place in the presence of Yahweh and the god of Terah.
See BASOR 67, 1937, p. 27.
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Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary