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- proper noun A male
given name
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(A) So they call Terah, the Put-Tirafli, that is, the Cutter father ot Abraham.
The modern part of an universal history from the earliest accounts to the present time; 1780
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Terah was born in 1876 (2128 B.C.) lived 205 years and died in 2081 (1923 B.C.)
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When Terah demanded an explanation, Abraham said the idol, not he, was the culprit.
Menachem Wecker: Was Abraham Misogynistic? Menachem Wecker 2010
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When Terah returned and asked for an explanation, Abram told him that the idols had quarreled over the flour, whereupon the largest idol had destroyed the others.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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Terah could hardly counter and say that idols couldn't possibly do such a thing without compromising the integrity of his products.
Menachem Wecker: Was Abraham Misogynistic? Menachem Wecker 2010
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Terah could hardly counter and say that idols couldn't possibly do such a thing without compromising the integrity of his products.
Menachem Wecker: Was Abraham Misogynistic? Menachem Wecker 2010
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Haran dies at the feet of his father, Terah, who, we learn elsewhere, was not merely an idolater but actually made idols for a living—a true master of idolatrous power-logic.
The Ten Commandments David Hazony 2010
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When Terah demanded an explanation, Abraham said the idol, not he, was the culprit.
Menachem Wecker: Was Abraham Misogynistic? Menachem Wecker 2010
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His innards boiled, and he came out and died at the feet of his father Terah.
The Ten Commandments David Hazony 2010
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Terah could hardly counter and say that idols couldn't possibly do such a thing without compromising the integrity of his products.
Menachem Wecker: Was Abraham Misogynistic? Menachem Wecker 2010
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