Ναχώρ G3493
Nahor, Abraham's grandfather and an ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy
Nahor appears in Luke 3:34 as the son of Serug and father of Terah, placing him two generations before Abraham. Genesis 11:22-25 records that Nahor lived 148 years, fathering Terah at age 29. The name also belongs to Abraham's brother (Genesis 11:26-27), creating occasional confusion in genealogical discussions. In Hebrew, Nahor (נָחוֹר) may derive from a root meaning 'snorting' or 'snoring,' though the etymology is uncertain. Luke's inclusion of these antediluvian and patriarchal names grounds Jesus' lineage in the deep past, tracing Israel's covenant history back to the dawn of human civilization.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The personal name of Abraham's grandfather in the Lukan genealogy. The multilingual glosses preserve 'Nahor' or 'Nachor' with minor phonetic variation (Spanish 'Nachṓr', French 'Nachor'). The domain (Names of Persons and Places) reflects its function as a genealogical identifier linking Jesus to the patriarchal narratives of Genesis. 1×
AR["نَاحُورَ"]·ben["নাহোরের"]·DE["Ναχὼρ"]·EN["Nachōr"]·FR["Nachor"]·heb["נָחוֹר"]·HI["नाखोर"]·ID["Nahor"]·IT["nachor"]·jav["Nahor,"]·KO["나호르-의"]·PT["Naor"]·RU["Нахоров"]·ES["Nachṓr"]·SW["Nachṓr"]·TR["Nahor"]·urd["نحور-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ναχώρ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. נָחוֹר), Nahor: Luk.3:34.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)