Nahor

snorting.

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

(2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham [(Gen 11:26 ; 11:27; Josh 24:2 ), R.V.]. He married Milcah, the daughter of his brother Haran, and remained in the land of his nativity on the east of the river Euphrates at Haran (Gen 11:27 -32). A correspondence was maintained between the family of Abraham in Canaan and the relatives in the old ancestral home at Haran till the time of Jacob. When Jacob fled from Haran all intercourse between the two branches of the family came to an end (Gen 31:55 ). His grand-daughter Rebekah became Isaac's wife (Gen 24:67 ).

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary