Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Derivation: formed like H8163 (שָׂעִיר); rough;
KJV Usage: Seir.
TWOT Reference: 2274h,g
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׂעִיר (se.ir) — Seir.
§ Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" n pr terr 2) the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont 3) a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf 3a) apparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself 4) a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim
שֵׂעִיר (se.ir) — Seir. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.20; father of: Lotan (H3877), Shobal (H7732), Zibeon (H6649H), Anah (H6034H), Dishon (H1787), Ezer (H0687), Dishan (H1789), Timna (H8555H) § Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
שֵׂעִיר (se.ir) — (Mount) Seir.
§ Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
שֵׂעִיר (se.ir) — (Mount) Seir.
§ Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · שָׂעִיר · שְׂעִירָה · שֵׂעָר · שַׂעֲרָה · שְׂעֹרָה
Names of People
Seir = man; ► regarded as founder of an ethnic group bearing the same name, and living in an area named after him as well
Names of Groups
Seir = Horite clan, named after the man who founded them and bearing the same name as the area they live in; they were later dispossessed by the Edomites and it is not always clear from the context whether it refers to the original Horites or the Edomites
Names of Locations
Seir = mountainous area east of the Jordan valley and south of Moab, first inhabited by the Horites and later by the Edomites
GEN 14:6 · GEN 32:4 · GEN 33:14 · GEN 33:16 · GEN 36:8 · GEN 36:9 · GEN 36:30 · DEU 1:2 · DEU 1:44 · DEU 2:1 · DEU 2:4 · DEU 2:5 · DEU 2:8 · DEU 2:12 · DEU 2:22 · DEU 2:29 · DEU 33:2 · JOS 11:17 · JOS 12:7 · JOS 24:4 · JDG 5:4 · 1CH 4:42 · 2CH 20:10 · 2CH 20:22 · 2CH 20:23 · 2CH 20:23 · ISA 21:11 · EZK 35:2 · EZK 35:3 · EZK 35:7 · EZK 35:15
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׂעִיר n.pr. Sē‛ir
terr. land of Edom, S. of Dead Sea
specif. mont. E. of Arabah
gent. = Edom
personif. as m.
mont. in Judah
base