RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nahor, son of Serug

1912 BC - 1764 BC

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Nahor (Hebrew: נָחוֹר – Nāḥōr; Greek: Ναχώρ – Nakhṓr) is the son of Serug according to the Hebrew Bible in Genesis Chapter 11. He is said to have lived to the age of 148 years old or 208 according to the Greek Septuagint (LXII) and had a son, Terah, at the age of 29 (79 in the LXX Vat and LXX Brenton) . Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nahor, son of Serug has received more than 418,058 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Nahor, son of Serug is the 742nd most popular religious figure (up from 792nd in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 83rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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  • 420k

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  • 68.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nahor, son of Serug ranks 742 out of 3,187. Before him are Martin Bucer, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Haran, Fatimah bint Asad, Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, and Ibrahim ibn Adham. After him are Willibrord, Apollinaris of Ravenna, Cornelius the Centurion, Eusebius of Nicomedia, Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, and Raymond of Penyafort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912 BC, Nahor, son of Serug ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 1764 BC, Nahor, son of Serug ranks 1. 

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Nahor, son of Serug ranks 80 out of 384. Before him are Abdul Rahman Arif (1916), Al-Baladhuri (806), Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Abdul Salam Arif (1921), Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (648), and Al-Muqtadir (895). After him are Muhammad al-Shaybani (750), Sargon I (-1900), Al-Muntasir (837), Shamshi-Adad I (-1860), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), and Hormizd IV (540).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Nahor, son of Serug ranks 14. Before him are Belshazzar (-600), Eber (-2038), Junayd of Baghdad (830), Ibn Hisham (701), Hillel the Elder (-110), and Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935). After him are Ibn Qutaybah (828), Ahmad al-Rifaʽi (1118), Suhayb ar-Rumi (587), Ibn Sa'd (784), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), and Abo of Tiflis (756).

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