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Hara

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(hill). No doubt Haran (1 Chron. 5:26²⁶And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. (1 Chronicles 5:26)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Place to which some of the captives of Israel were carried (1 Chron. 5:26²⁶And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. (1 Chronicles 5:26)). It is not included in the parallel passage in 2 Kings 17:6⁶In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. (2 Kings 17:6), and may in Chronicles signify “hill country.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2024 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Hara’

Phonic:

haw-raw’

Meaning:

perhaps from 2022; mountainousness; Hara, a region of Media

KJV Usage:

Hara

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

mountainous

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A mountain; mountainous land:―a region of Media [HARAN], 1 Chron. 5:26. {Mons}