Nahor

Also called Nachor

Nahor (father of Terah)

2154–2006 BC, 148 years traditional (Jones)

The father of Terah, who was the father of Abraham (Gen. 11:22-25; Luke 3:34).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father: Serug
Child: Terah
Tagged in: 7 verses

The 19th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
Born in the era of the Flood to Abraham, 2348–1997 BC.
Alive at the same time as Arphaxad for 148 years, Eber for 148 years, Noah for 148 years, Reu for 148 years, Salah for 148 years, Shem for 148 years, and Peleg for 147 years.
Named in the same verses as Terah, Serug, Abraham, Isaac, and Joshua.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children; a button shows the grandchildren. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

4 events in which Nahor takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

2154 BCBirth of NahorGen 11:22
2154 BCLifetime of NahorGen 11:24-25
2125 BCBirth of TerahGen 11:24
2006 BCDeath of NahorGen 11:25

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 2191–1969 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around this life, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

7 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.

Genesis4
Joshua1
1 Chronicles1
Luke1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Nahor 20Nachor 0
KJV	Nahor 17Nachor 2
ASV	Nahor 19Nachor 0

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 7 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis4 verses

11:22
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
11:23
And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
11:24
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
11:25
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Joshua1 verse

24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.

1 Chronicles1 verse

1:26
Serug, Nahor, Terah,

Luke1 verse

3:34
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.