Terah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Terah
From Hebrew Teraḥ, of uncertain origin and meaning
Example Sentences
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In addition to his daughter Savanah, Mr. Kerwin’s survivors include his wife, Yvonne Kerwin, and four other children: Fox, Terah, Kailani and Justus.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023
Terah McNeal, 59, plans to attend the first CBC job fair to be held in Cleveland Monday.
From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2011
In 1896, $7,500,000 worth of other peoples money vanished in the hands of London's plausible Ernest Terah Hooley.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to The Book of Jubilees, Abraham's father, Terah, made small clay images which Abraham as a boy peddled in the street.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arriving at Haran, they dwelt there until Terah died at an exceedingly advanced age.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge
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