Bible Dictionary

Hara

Mountainous land, a province of Assyria (1 Chr. 5:26), between the Tigris and the Euphrates, along the banks of the Khabur, to which some of the Israelite captives were carried. It has not been ident…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Mountainous land, a province of Assyria (1 Chr. 5:26), between the Tigris and the Euphrates, along the banks of the Khabur, to which some of the Israelite captives were carried. It has not been identified. Some think the word a variation of Haran.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(mountain land), (1 Chronicles 5:26) only, is either a place utterly unknown or it must be regarded as identical with Haran or Charran.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

HA'RA (mountain-land), a place, evidently in western Assyria, to which the Israelites east of the Jordan were carried captive, 1 Chr 5:26. It is generally regarded as a variation of Haran. From the connection in which it is named, it must have been on or near the Khabour River.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

a hill; showing forth