CHARAATHALAN, CHARAATHALAR kăr’ ĭăth’ ə län, kăr’ ĭ ăth’ ə lär (Χαρααθαλάν, Χαρααθαλάρ). A name occurring in 1 Esdras 5:36 as a leader of a certain family returned from Babylon under Zerubbabel. The ASV has CHARAATHALAU; KJV, CHARAATHALAR; RSV, CHERUB, ADDAN, and IMMER, three names of places in Babylonia from which the Jews returned to Judah (Ezra 2:59; Neh 7:61).