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His account is found in the Book of Genesis, where he is depicted as a patriarch whose lineage plays a crucial role in the unfolding of God's covenantal promises.<br><br><b>Genealogy and Family:</b> <br>Terah is introduced in <a href="/genesis/11-24.htm">Genesis 11:24-32</a>. He is a descendant of Shem, one of Noah's sons, and is part of the post-flood generations. Terah fathered three sons: Abram (later named Abraham), Nahor, and Haran. Haran fathered Lot but died in Ur of the Chaldeans, the family's original homeland. Terah's family is significant as it sets the stage for the Abrahamic narrative, which is central to the biblical account of redemption.<br><br><b>Life and Journey:</b> <br>Terah's life is marked by a significant journey from Ur of the Chaldeans to Haran. <a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a> states, "Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there." This journey is pivotal as it foreshadows the later call of Abram to leave Haran and go to Canaan, where God would establish His covenant with him.<br><br><b>Religious Context:</b> <br>While the Bible does not provide extensive details about Terah's religious beliefs, <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2</a> suggests that Terah and his ancestors served other gods. "Joshua said to all the people, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Long ago your ancestors, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.'" This background highlights the transformative nature of God's call to Abram, who would become the father of monotheistic faith.<br><br><b>Death and Legacy:</b> <br>Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran, as recorded in <a href="/genesis/11-32.htm">Genesis 11:32</a>: "Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran." His death marks the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter in the biblical narrative, as Abram heeds God's call to continue to Canaan. Terah's legacy is primarily seen through his son Abram, who becomes Abraham, the father of many nations and a central figure in the Judeo-Christian tradition.<br><br><b>Significance in Biblical Narrative:</b> <br>Terah's role, though not extensively detailed, is crucial in the biblical narrative. He serves as a bridge between the post-flood generations and the patriarchal history that begins with Abraham. His journey from Ur to Haran sets the stage for the divine call that Abram receives, marking the beginning of God's covenantal relationship with Abraham and his descendants. Terah's account underscores the theme of divine election and the unfolding of God's redemptive plan through a chosen lineage.<a name="hit" id="hit"></a><div class="vheading2">Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Terah</span><p>to breathe; scent; blow<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Terah</span><p>(<i>station</i>), the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran, and through them the ancestor of the great families of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Midianites, Moabites and Ammonites. (<a href="/genesis/11-24.htm">Genesis 11:24-32</a>) The account given of him in the Old Testament narrative is very brief. We learn from it simply that he was an idolater, (<a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2</a>) that he dwelt beyond the Euphrates in Ur of the Chaldees, (<a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Genesis 11:28</a>) and that in the southwesterly migration, which from some unexplained cause he undertook in his old age, he went with his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai, and his grandson Lot, "to go into the land of Canaan, and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there." (<a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a>) And finally, "the days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran." (<a href="/genesis/11-32.htm">Genesis 11:32</a>) (B.C. 1921.)<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Terah</span><p>The son of Nahor, and father of Nahor, Haran, and Abraham, <a href="/context/genesis/11-24.htm">Genesis 11:24</a>, begot Abraham at the age of seventy-two years, in Ur of the Chaldeans. Upon Abraham's first call to remove into the land of promise, Terah and all his family went with him as far as Haran, in Mesopotamia, about B. C. 1918, <a href="/context/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31-32</a>. He died there the same year, aged two hundred and seventy-five years. Scripture intimates plainly that Terah had fallen into idolatry, or had for a time mingled some idolatrous practices with the worship of the true God, <a href="/context/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2</a>,14; and some think that Abraham himself at fist did the same thing; but that afterwards God, being gracious to him, convinced him of the vanity of this worship, and that he undeceived his father Terah. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>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 (<a href="/genesis/11-24.htm">Genesis 11:24</a>-32; <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2</a>). What a wonderful part the descendants of this Chaldean shepherd have played in the history of the world! <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">TERAH (1)</span><p>te'-ra (terach; Septuagint Tharra, or (with New Testament) Thara; on the name see especially HDB, under the word): The son of Nahor and father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran (<a href="/genesis/11-24.htm">Genesis 11:24 f</a>). At Abraham's birth Terah was 70 years old (<a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Genesis 11:26</a>), and after Abraham's marriage, Terah, Abraham, Sarah and Lot emigrated from Ur of the Chaldees on the road into the land of Canaan, but stopped in Haran (<a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a>). When Abraham was 75 years old he and his nephew resumed their journey, leaving Terah in Haran, where 60 years later he died (<a href="/genesis/11-32.htm">Genesis 11:32</a>). Stephen, however, states (<a href="/acts/7-4.htm">Acts 7:4</a>) that Terah was dead when Abraham left Haran, an impression that is easily gained from <a href="/nasb/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11-12</a> if the dates are not computed. As there is no reason to suppose that Stephen was granted inspiration that would preserve him from such a purely formal error, the contradiction is of no significance and attempts at "reconciliation" are needless. In particular, the attempt of Blass (Stud. u. Krit., 1896, 460;) to alter the text of Acts is quite without foundation. For further discussion see especially Knowling, The Expositor's Greek Testament, at the place It is worth noting that Philo makes the same error (Migr. Abr. 177 (section 32)), perhaps indicating some special Jewish tradition of New Testament times. In <a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2</a> Terah is said to have been an idolater. In Jubilees 12 this is softened into explaining that through fear of his life Terah was forced to yield outward conformity to the idolatrous worship of his neighbors. On the other hand certain Jewish legends (e.g. Ber. Rab. 17) represent Terah as actually a maker of idols. Otherwise in the Bible Terah is mentioned only by name in <a href="/1_chronicles/1-26.htm">1 Chronicles 1:26</a> <a href="/luke/3-34.htm">Luke 3:34</a>.<br><br>Burton Scott Easton<p><span class="encheading">TERAH (2)</span><p>(Codex Vaticanus Tarath; Codex Alexandrinus Tharath): A wilderness camp of the Israelites between Tahath and Mithkah (<a href="/numbers/33-27.htm">Numbers 33:27, 28</a>).<br><br>See <a href="../w/wanderings.htm">WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2291.htm"><span class="l">2291. Thara -- <b>Terah</b>, the father of Abraham</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Terah</b>, the father of Abraham. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration:<br> Thara Phonetic Spelling: (thar'-ah) Short Definition: <b>Terah</b> Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2291.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8646.htm"><span class="l">8646. Terach -- Abraham's father, also a place in the desert</span></a><br><b>...</b> Terach. 8647 . Abraham's father, also a place in the desert. Transliteration:<br> Terach Phonetic Spelling: (teh'-rakh) Short Definition: <b>Terah</b>. <b>...</b> Tarah, <b>Terah</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8646.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_13_why_in_the_account.htm"><span class="l">Why, in the Account of <b>Terah's</b> Emigration, on his Forsaking the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter 13."Why, in the Account of <b>Terah's</b> Emigration, on His Forsaking the Chaldeans<br> and Passing Over into Mesopotamia, No Mention is Made of His Son Nahor. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 13 why in the account.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_14_of_the_years_of.htm"><span class="l">Of the Years of <b>Terah</b>, who Completed his Lifetime in Haran.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book XVI. Chapter 14."Of the Years of <b>Terah</b>, Who Completed His Lifetime<br> in Haran. On <b>Terah's</b> death in Mesopotamia, where he is <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 14 of the years of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_15_of_the_time_of.htm"><span class="l">Of the Time of the Migration of Abraham, When, According to the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> When, after the record of the death of <b>Terah</b>, the father of Abraham, we next read,<br> "And the Lord said to Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 15 of the time of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_12_of_the_era_in.htm"><span class="l">Of the Era in Abraham's Life from which a New Period in the Holy <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The family of <b>Terah</b>, to which Abraham belonged, was the only one in which the worship<br> of the true God survived, and the only one, we may suppose, in which the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 12 of the era in.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wells/bible_stories_and_religious_classics/here_followeth_the_life_of.htm"><span class="l">Here Followeth the Life of Abraham</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Sunday called Quinquagesima is read in the church the history of the<br> holy patriarch Abraham which was the son of <b>Terah</b>. This <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/here followeth the life of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xii.htm"><span class="l">Chapter xii</span></a> <br><b>...</b> connection with the question where the first call of God came to Abram there are<br> a few things to be added to what has thus far been said in reference to <b>Terah</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xii.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_6_how_every_nation.htm"><span class="l">How Every Nation was Denominated from their First Inhabitants.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The son of Phaleg, whose father Was Heber, was Ragau; whose son was Serug, to whom<br> was born Nahor; his son was <b>Terah</b>, who was the father of Abraham, who <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how every nation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clark/the_theology_of_holiness/chapter_iii_entire_sanctification_in.htm"><span class="l">Entire Sanctification in Patriarchal Times.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Abraham dwelt with his father, <b>Terah</b>, who was an idolater, in Ur of the Chaldees,<br> when he received the call of God to go entirely away from his kindred and his <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../clark/the theology of holiness/chapter iii entire sanctification in.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xiv_the_revelation_to_which.htm"><span class="l">The Revelation to which the Scripture of the Old Testament Owes <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> They formed a transition. After Noah the holy line disappears, and from<br> Shem to <b>Terah</b> the Holy Spirit's work remains invisible. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xiv the revelation to which.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/city_of_god/chapter_10_of_the_genealogy_of.htm"><span class="l">Of the Genealogy of Shem, in Whose Line the City of God is <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Peleg himself lived 130 years, and begat Reu; and Reu lived 132 years, and begat<br> Serug; Serug 130, and begat Nahor; and Nahor 79, and begat <b>Terah</b>; and <b>Terah</b> 70 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 10 of the genealogy of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/beesh'terah.htm"><span class="l">Beesh'<b>terah</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Beesh'<b>terah</b>. Be-eshterah, Beesh'<b>terah</b>. Beesh-<b>terah</b> . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Beesh'<b>terah</b> (1 Occurrence). Joshua 21 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/beesh'terah.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/terah.htm"><span class="l"><b>Terah</b> (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Terah</b> afterwards migrated with Abraham (probably his youngest son) and Lot (his<br> grandson), together with their families, from Ur, intending to go with them to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/terah.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/terah's.htm"><span class="l"><b>Terah's</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Terah's</b> (1 Occurrence). Genesis 11:32 And all the years<br> of <b>Terah's</b> life were two hundred and five: and <b>Terah</b> came to his end in Haran. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/terah's.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/beesh-terah.htm"><span class="l">Beesh-<b>terah</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Beesh-<b>terah</b>. Beesh'<b>terah</b>, Beesh-<b>terah</b>. Beetle . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Beesh-<b>terah</b> (1 Occurrence). Joshua 21:27 And <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/beesh-terah.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nahor.htm"><span class="l">Nahor (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Snorting. (1.) The father of <b>Terah</b>, who was the<br> father of Abraham (Genesis 11:22-25; Luke 3:34). (2.) A <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nahor.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/chronology.htm"><span class="l">Chronology</span></a><br><b>...</b> Thus: " Hebrew Septuigant Samaritan " From the birth of " Arphaxad, 2 years "<br> after the Flood, to " the birth of <b>Terah</b>. 220 1000 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/chronology.htm - 74k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/haran.htm"><span class="l">Haran (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) Hebrews haran; ie, "mountaineer." The eldest son<br> of <b>Terah</b>, brother of Abraham and Nahor, and father of Lot, Milcah, and Iscah. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/haran.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/begot.htm"><span class="l">Begot (119 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (DBY JPS). Genesis 11:24 And Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and begot <b>Terah</b>. <b>...</b> Genesis<br> 11:26 And <b>Terah</b> lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/begot.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/ur.htm"><span class="l">Ur (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> That <b>Terah</b> should have migrated from Ur to Harran, therefore, ceases to be<br> extraordinary. If he left Ur at all, it was the most natural place to which to go. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/ur.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sarah.htm"><span class="l">Sarah (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> When the migration to Haran occurs, Sarai is named along with Abram and Lot as<br> accompanying <b>Terah</b>. <b>...</b><b>Terah</b> had other descendants who did not accompany him. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sarah.htm - 28k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Terah-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Terah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Haran-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Haran in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Abraham-and-Lot.html">What is the story of Abraham and Lot? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Terah (12 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/3-34.htm">Luke 3:34</a></span><br />the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of <span class="boldtext">Terah</span>, the son of Nahor,<br /><span class="source">(WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/11-24.htm">Genesis 11:24</a></span><br />Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of <span class="boldtext">Terah</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/11-25.htm">Genesis 11:25</a></span><br />Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of <span class="boldtext">Terah</span>, and became the father of sons and daughters.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/11-26.htm">Genesis 11:26</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Terah</span> lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/11-27.htm">Genesis 11:27</a></span><br />Now this is the history of the generations of <span class="boldtext">Terah</span>. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/11-28.htm">Genesis 11:28</a></span><br />Haran died before his father <span class="boldtext">Terah</span> in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Terah</span> took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/11-32.htm">Genesis 11:32</a></span><br />The days of <span class="boldtext">Terah</span> were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/33-27.htm">Numbers 33:27</a></span><br />They traveled from Tahath, and encamped in <span class="boldtext">Terah</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/33-28.htm">Numbers 33:28</a></span><br />They traveled from <span class="boldtext">Terah</span>, and encamped in Mithkah.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/24-2.htm">Joshua 24:2</a></span><br />Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even <span class="boldtext">Terah</span>, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/1-26.htm">1 Chronicles 1:26</a></span><br />Serug, Nahor, <span class="boldtext">Terah</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/t/terah.htm">Terah</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/t/terah_was_an_idolater.htm">Terah was an Idolater</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/t/terah--called_thara.htm">Terah: Called Thara</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/t/terah--the_father_of_abraham.htm">Terah: The Father of Abraham</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/terah.htm">Terah (12 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/terah's.htm">Terah's (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beesh-terah.htm">Beesh-terah (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nahor.htm">Nahor (18 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