Ur in the Bible
Meaning: fire, light, a valley
Thematic Bible
Ur » Abraham's native place » Abraham leaves
Thou art, O LORD, the God who didst choose Abram and didst bring him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees and didst give him the name of Abraham
And Terah took Abram, his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai, his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran and dwelt there.
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit it.
Ur » Abraham's native place
Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nature, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Ur » Father of one of david's mighty men
Ahiam, the son of Sacar, the Hararite, Eliphal, the son of Ur,