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People of the Bible

Nahor (father of Terah)

also called Nachor · 2154 BC – 2006 BC · Genealogy of Jesus

Family

Father
Serug
Children
Terah

In the story

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.

  • Birth of Nahor · 2154 BC
  • Lifetime of Nahor · 2154 BC
  • Birth of Terah · 2125 BC
  • Death of Nahor · 2006 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 7 verses

Genesis
11:22, 11:23, 11:24, 11:25
Joshua
24:2
1 Chronicles
1:26
Luke
3:34

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.