Ur
ur ('ur, "flame"; Codex Vaticanus Sthur; Codex Sinaiticus
Ora): Father of Eliphal, one of David's "mighty men," in 1 Ch
11:35; in the parallel 2 Sam 23:34 called "Ahasbai."...
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1. Abraham's native place
Ge 11:27,28
Abraham leaves
Ge 11:31; 15:7; Ne 9:7
-2. Father of one of David's mighty men
1Ch 11:35...
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was the land of Haran's nativity, Ge 11:28 the place from
which Terah and Abraham started "to go into the land of
Canaan." Ge 11:31 It is called in Genesis "Ur of the
Chaldaeans," while in the Acts St. Stephen places it, by
implication, in Mesopotamia. Ac 7:2,4 These are all the
indications which Scripture furnishes as to its locality. It
has...
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light, or the moon city, a city "of the Chaldees," the
birthplace of Haran (Gen. 11:28,31), the largest
city of Shinar
or northern Chaldea, and the principal commercial
centre of the
country as well as the centre of political power. It
stood near
the mouth of the Euphrates, on its western bank, and
is
represented by the mounds (of bricks c...
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Of the Chaldees (Genesis 11:28; Genesis 11:31; Genesis 15:7;
Nehemiah 9:7), from which Terah, Abraham, and Lot were
called. In Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). Now Mugheir (a ruined
temple of large bitumen bricks, which also "mugheir" means,
namely, Um Mugheir "mother of bitumen"), on the right bank
of the Euphrates, near its junction with the Shat el ...
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And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his
nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees....
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