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Position:Home>Genealogy> What is the origin of Terah?Question: What is the origin of Terah?What is the origin that the name Terah comes from? What country / religion etc.? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey TB, You are going to love this: Check the Family Search site, they have entries in 2000 BC - I never saw that before. Pedigree Resource File 17. (TERIH)(THARA)(King of Agade) TERAH - Pedigree Resource File Gender: M Birth/Christening: 2126 BC Ur, Chaldea 18. (TERIH)(THARA)(King of Agade) TERAH - Pedigree Resource File Gender: M Birth/Christening: 2126 BC Ur, Chaldea 19. (TERIH)(THARA)(King of Agade) TERAH - Pedigree Resource File Gender: M Birth/Christening: abt 2128 BC Ur, Chaldea 20. Abraham O TERAH - Pedigree Resource File Gender: M Birth/Christening: 2046 BC Egypt 21. Abraham ben TERAH - Pedigree Resource File Gender: M Birth/Christening: Luke 3:34 22. Abraham bin TERAH - Pedigree Resource File Gender: M Birth/Christening: 2046 BC Egypt And there are more... You will see by the variety of countries that this name is all over the world. I suspect it is Jewish for that reason. There was no entry in GENFORUM or Swyrich.com, but Wikipedia mentions that it is found in the Hebrew Bible. |