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    Terah

    TEH-ruh

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Station; Wanderer; Delay
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Terah appears in the King James Bible, including Genesis 11:31.
    First appears in
    Genesis — The patriarchs
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Terah started the journey to the Promised Land but settled halfway. His story asks: are we completing our calling, or have we stopped at a comfortable station short of God's full purpose?
    King James verses
    • Genesis 11:31

      "And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law... 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."

    • Joshua 24:2

      "Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods."

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