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Haran , Haran or Harran (both: härän´), ancient city of Mesopotamia, now in SE Asian Turkey, 24 mi (39 km) SE of Şanlıurfa. It was an important center on the… , in the Bible. , Beor (bē´ôr), in the Bible. 1 Father of Balaam. An alternate form is Bosor. 2 Father of Bela1.
Bosor (bō´sôr), the same as Beor1. Tamah , Thamah (thā´mə), variant of Tamah.
Tamah (tā´mə), in the Bible, family returned from exile. It is also spelled Thamah. Padan-aram , Padan-aram (pā´dən-ā´răm), in the Bible, that part of Aram that lay in the Euphrates valley; it was the homeland of the Patriarchs. It also appears a… Polyglot Bible , Polyglot Bible edited in 1653–7 by Brian Walton (?1600–61), bishop of Chester, with the help of many scholars. It contains various oriental texts of… Bible Societies , BIBLE SOCIETIES , associations intended to propagate the Christian Bible, i.e., the Old and New Testaments. The first association of this kind was fo…
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