How many times is Nahor mentioned in the Bible?
The word Nahor appears 15 times in the King James Version, in 15 verses. Counting every form (Nahor, Nahor's), it appears 17 times in 16 verses across 2 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Nahor 17 times (19 with every form).
Nahor in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Nahor counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Nahor | 15 | 17 |
| Nahor's | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 17 | 19 |
What the name Nahor means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Nahor as "hoarse; dry; hot".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-22.
Which books mention Nahor most
Nahor appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (16), then 1 Chronicles (1).
First and last mention of Nahor
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
The verse that uses it most is Genesis 11:29, 2 times:
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 2 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Joshua 24:2: counted in the World English Bible only
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
Joshua said to all the people, “Yahweh says, the God of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
Luke 3:34: counted in the World English Bible only
Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
Common questions
How many times is Nahor in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 17 of the 17 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Nahor appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Genesis has the most (16), then 1 Chronicles (1).
Where is Nahor first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 11:22: "And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:" The last is 1 Chronicles 1:26.
What does the name Nahor mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Nahor as "hoarse; dry; hot".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.