Biblical place
Where was Ur?
Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tell el Muqayyar.
First appears in Genesis 11:28 · 2 books · 3 chapters
Overview
Light, or the moon city, a city “of the Chaldees,” the birthplace of Haran. Modern identification: Tell el Muqayyar.
Ur is represented in the local geography layer as Tell el Muqayyar. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Genesis 11:28 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.