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Terah
תרח he Thare la
Figure in the Hebrew Bible; son of Nahor and father of Abraham
- Child of Nahor
- Consort of Amasla
- Traditionally 1883 BCE – 1678 BCE
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Family
The family of Terah
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 6
Kinship in an account 6
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Nahor Biblical character, son of Serug (Book of Genesis) -
parent of (parent) Abraham foundational legendary figure among adherents of the eponymous Abrahamic religions -
parent of (father) Haran Biblical figure; son of Terah and brother of Abraham and Nahor -
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parent of (father) Nahor biblical character, son of Terah -
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parent of (child) Sarah biblical matriarch, prophet, and major figure in Abrahamic religions - partner of (spouse) Amasla mother of Abraham
Texts
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
Connections
How Terah connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
10 statements on this record
- 3 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 7 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Computed Worked out here, not stated by any source: 2 collection memberships. Each is marked where it is shown.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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