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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(hairy). (1) A Horite chief (
Gen. 36:21
21
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. (Genesis 36:21)
;
Deut. 2:12
12
The 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)
). (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
6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. (Genesis 14:6)
3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. (Genesis 32:3)
14
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
15
And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
16
So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. (Genesis 33:14‑16)
). The region was first occupied by the
Horites
, and fell into possession of
Esau
and his posterity (
Gen. 36:8-9
8
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: (Genesis 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
10
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: (Joshua 15:10)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Ancestor of the
Horites
who dwelt in
Mount Seir
and “the land of Seir” (
Gen. 36:20-21
20
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
21
And 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)
;
1 Chron. 1:38
38
And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. (1 Chronicles 1:38)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
8165
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Se`iyr
Phonic:
say-eer’
Meaning:
formed like
8163
; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Seir
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
shaggy hairy: goat-like
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Rough; hairy; shaggy:―name of two mountains, also a Horite chief, Gen. 36:20. {Hirsutus}
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