Ur

Father of one of David's mighty men

A written article for Ur is still to come. Below and alongside: where Ur appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1200 BC
    1000 BC
  • Ur
    c. 1050 BC

Original word

  • אוּר ur
    H218
Relationships
Son: Eliphal
Citations
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Where Ur appears in Scripture

Genesis 11

וַיָּמָת הָרָן עַל-פְּנֵי תֶּרַח אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ מֽוֹלַדְתּוֹ בְּאוּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃
28
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
וַיִּקַּח תֶּרַח אֶת-אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וְאֶת-לוֹט בֶּן-הָרָן בֶּן-בְּנוֹ וְאֵת שָׂרַי כַּלָּתוֹ אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וַיֵּֽצְאוּ אִתָּם מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד-חָרָן וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃
31
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Genesis 15

וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הֽוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָתֶת לְךָ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃
7
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

1 Chronicles 11

אֲחִיאָם בֶּן-שָׂכָר הַֽהֲרָרִי אֱלִיפַל בֶּן-אֽוּר׃
35
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

Nehemiah 9

אַתָּה-הוּא יְהוָה הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתָּ בְּאַבְרָם וְהֽוֹצֵאתוֹ מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים וְשַׂמְתָּ שְּׁמוֹ אַבְרָהָֽם׃
7
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;