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Harhur

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Harhur was an ancestor of temple servants who returned from Babylonian exile.

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Harhur is mentioned as an ancestor of a group of temple servants, also known as Nethinim, who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile. The Nethinim were assigned to assist the Levites in the service of the temple. Harhur's descendants were among the 392 Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel, as recorded in the lists found in Ezra and Nehemiah. No further information about Harhur is provided in the Bible. (Ezr.2.51; Neh.7.53).

Bible dictionary

Harhur Easton Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Fever, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:51).

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Harhur Smith Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(inflammation). The sons of Harhur were among the Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:51; Nehemiah 7:53) (B.C. 623.)

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Harhur Hitchcock Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

made warm

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Harhur Hastings Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

HAR'HUR (inflammation), one whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:51; Neh 7:53.

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Harhur Schaff Schaff’s Dictionary of the Bible

HAR'HUR (inflammation), one whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel. Ezr 2:51; Neh 7:53.

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Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.

Where Harhur appears

2 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2744

Ezra1
Nehemiah1

Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.