Ur

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(light, region). (1) Place where Abraham lived with his father Terah and his wife Sarah, before they started for the land of Canaan (Gen. 11:28,31). Mentioned in Genesis 15:7, as of the Chaldees, and Acts 7:2, as in Mesopotamia. (2) Father of Eliphal, one of David’s guard (1 Chron. 11:35). Called Ahasbai (2 Sam. 23:34).