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Horims; Horites

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Original people of Mt

Seir (Gen. 14:6⁶And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. (Genesis 14:6)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Descendants of Seir, and Aborigines of mount Seir. They were destroyed by the children of Esau (Gen. 14:6⁶And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. (Genesis 14:6); Gen. 36:20-21,29²⁰These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, ²¹And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. (Genesis 36:20‑21)
²⁹These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, (Genesis 36:29); Deut. 2:12,22¹²The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them. (Deuteronomy 2:12)
²²As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: (Deuteronomy 2:22)). It is thought that they were cave-dwellers, as the name implies. The sandstone rocks of mount Seir are full of excavated dwellings, and there are traces of the same throughout the region of Edom.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2752 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Choriy

Phonic:

kho-ree’

Meaning:

from 2356; cave-dweller or troglodyte; a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean

KJV Usage:

Horims, Horites

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

patronymic of Hori

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Original people of Mount Seir [HORI], Gen. 14:6.