Hor

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. The mountain on which Aaron died when the Israelites were near the end of their wanderings (Num. 20:22-2822And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. 23And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. 25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: 26And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. 27And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. (Numbers 20:22‑28); Num. 21:44And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. (Numbers 21:4); Num. 33:37-4137And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. 38And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 39And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. (Numbers 33:37‑41); Deut. 32:5050And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: (Deuteronomy 32:50)). Identified with Jebel Neby Harun, about 30° 18' N, 35° 25' E. It is the range of mountains on the eastern side of the wady Arabah,; from which the scene of mountain peaks is described as awfully majestic.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:
2023 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)
Transliteration:
Hor
Phonic:
hore
Meaning:
another form of 2022; mountain; Hor, the name of a peak in Idumaea and of one in Syria
KJV Usage:
Hor

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

progenitor

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Elevated; who conceives; who shows:― name of two mountain peaks, Num. 20:22. {Elatus}