Seir

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(hairy). (1) A Horite chief (Gen. 36:21; Deut. 2:12). (2) Land or country corresponding with valley and mountains of Arabah, stretching from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akaba (Gen. 14:6; 32:3; 33:14-16). The region was first occupied by the Horites, and fell into possession of Esau and his posterity (Gen. 36:8-9). Hence Seir and Edom are sometimes spoken of as identical. The Israelites, when refused permission to march through Edom to Moab, marched round the granite ranges of Seir and entered Moab by the east and north. (3) A boundary mark of Judah (Josh. 15:10).