Terah
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Terah
From Hebrew Teraḥ, of uncertain origin and meaning
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Terah Lynn, a 37-year-old manufacturing supervisor in Nashville, helped spark the meme with posts on her @TerahBuilds Instagram and TikTok accounts that went viral and were soon copied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
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
But it is the first text which gives the genealogy of Abraham, according to which the descendant of Noah, Terah, the father of Abraham, dwells in the land of his nativity, at Ur in Chaldæa.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
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