Genesis 11:24-32.
Teré (Heb. Teraj, perhaps “site” or “ibex”; Ac. Turâhu; Gr. Thára). Father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran. After living for some time in Ur of the Chaldeans, he emigrated with his family to Haran, where he died at the age of 205 (Gen 11: 24-32; 1Ch 1:26; Luk 3:34). He had served gods other than Yahweh (Josh 24:2), perhaps the Moon goddess, since both Ur and Haran were places dedicated to his worship. The ancient city of Til-sha-Turâhi, located in the vicinity of Haran, would have been named in memory of Terah.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Son of Nahor and father of Abram (Gen 11:24-32). He lived in Ur of the Chaldees and was an idolater (Jos 24:2).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Son of †¢Nahor. Father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran (Gen 11:22-26; Luke 3:34). T. accompanied Abram and Lot when they left Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. He died in †¢ Haran being two hundred and five years old (Gen 11:31-32). According to Jos 24:2, T. and his family † œserved strange gods †, which indicates that there was a conversion experience in his life. Extra-biblical Jewish traditions say that Abram converted first. T. was an idol seller and one day he left the business in the hands of his son Abram. When he returned he found that Abram had destroyed them.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, = “chamois”. Son of Nahor; he had three sons: Haran, Nahor, and Abram (Gen. 11:24-27), and lived in Ur of the Chaldeans, where he was given to idolatry (Josh. 24:2). He followed Abram and Lot on their pilgrimage to Canaan, and died in Haran at the age of 205 (Gen. 11:28-32).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
(possibly from Babylonian, meaning: †œí bice† ).
1. Father of Abraham, and eighth generation from Shem. (Lu 3:34; Ge 11: 10-24; 1Ch 1: 24-26) Through his sons Abraham, Nahor, and Haran, he was the ancestor of many tribes. (Ge 11:27; 22: 20-24; 25: 1-4, 13-15; 1Ch 1: 28-42; 2: 1, 2) he Had his first children at the age of seventy. Abraham is mentioned first, but it seems that this was because he was the best known of Terah’s sons, but not the firstborn. When Terah died at the age of two hundred and five, Abraham was only seventy-five, so his father was one hundred and thirty years old when he was born. (Ge 11:26, 32; 12:4) Sarah was Abraham’s half-sister, possibly the daughter of another wife of Terah. (Ge 20:12) Terah’s firstborn son was most likely Haran, whose daughter was old enough to marry Nahor, another son of Terah. (Ge 11:29.)
Terah lived in Ur of the Chaldeans and raised his family there. (Ge 11:28) According to Joshua 24:2, at one time he worshiped gods other than Jehovah, perhaps the moon-god Sin, the favored deity of Ur. However, when Jehovah called Abraham from Ur Terah, as the head of the family, also went to Haran, where they all lived until after he died, in about 1943 BC. CE (Ge 11:31, 32; Ac 7:2-4.)
2. One of the places where Israel camped in the desert; its location is unknown. (Nu 33:27, 28.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
1. Father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran (Gen. 11.27; °vrv1 “Thare”, Lc. 3.34). the heb. teraḥ it is generally associated with the moon-god and is compared to Turahi, a place near Haran. Terah emigrated from Ur of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran, where he died long after Abram’s departure (Acts 7:4 is an oral slip). in Jose. 24.2 he is described as an idolater.
2. Unidentified Israelite camp, in the desert, between Tahat and Mitcah (Num. 33.27–28; °vrv2 “Tare”).
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Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary