H2175 H2175
personal name; a son of Abraham and Keturah
Zimran is listed as the first son of Abraham by his wife Keturah in Genesis 25:2 and 1 Chronicles 1:32. The name may be linked to a geographical or tribal designation, though its exact reference is uncertain. Commentators have speculated about connections to Arabian tribes or regions, but no consensus exists. The Septuagint's varied renderings reflect this ambiguity. He appears only in genealogical lists, with no narrative details, marking him as an ancestor of peoples on the periphery of Israel's sacred history.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A masculine proper name designating Abraham's firstborn by Keturah. The name is preserved solely in genealogical contexts, establishing Abraham's connection to Arabian or eastern peoples. No stories are told of Zimran himself; he functions as an eponymous ancestor, a name anchoring a lineage. The genealogies in Genesis and Chronicles use such figures to map out Israel's kinship network across the Near East, locating the covenant family within a broader web of nations descended from the patriarch. 2×
AR["زِمْران", "زِمْرَانَ"]·ben["সিম্রণ", "সিম্রানকে"]·DE["Simran", "[זמרן]"]·EN["Zimran"]·FR["Zimran", "[זמרן]"]·heb["זמרן"]·HI["ज़िम्रान", "जिम्रान"]·ID["Zimran"]·IT["Zimran", "[זמרן]"]·jav["Zimran"]·KO["시므란", "신란과"]·PT["Zimran"]·RU["Зимрана", "и-Йокшана"]·ES["Zimran"]·SW["Zimrani"]·TR["Zimran'ı", "ve-Yokşan'ı"]·urd["زمران"]
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
† זִמְרָן n.pr.m. son of Abraham & Keturah, 𝔊 Ζε(μ)βραν Gn 25:2 and 1 Ch 1:32 (𝔊L here Ζεμραμ). On locality referred to v. Di.