Strong H2752חֹרִי
Horite
- Transliteration
- chôrîy
- Pronunciation
- kho-ree'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
From H2356; cave dweller or troglodyte; a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean: - {Horims} Horites.
Meaning of the name
Horite = "cave dweller"
Detailed definition
In the biblical story
Hori
A Horite people group.
The Horites were a people group who inhabited the region of Seir before the Edomites.
In the Bible
Strong H2752 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- horites3
- horims2
- horite1
First verses
- Genesis 14:6And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.
- Genesis 36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
- Genesis 36:21And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
- Genesis 36:29These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
- Deuteronomy 2:12The 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 2:22As 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: