Ur of the Chaldees
Ur was an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia, located near the original mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris
rivers on the Persian Gulf.
Ur is considered by many to be the city of Ur Kasdim. Ur is mentioned four times in the Tanakh or Old
Testament, with the distinction "of the Kasdim/Kasdin" — traditionally rendered in English as
"Ur of the Chaldees", referring to the Chaldeans, who were already settled there by around 900 BC.
Ur is said to be the birthplace of the patriarch Abram (Abraham). In Genesis, the name is found in 11:28,
11:31 and 15:7. In Nehemiah 9:7, a single passage mentioning Ur is a paraphrase of Genesis.