Strong H8165H8165Bשֵׂעִיר

Seir

Transliteration: ώê‛îyr
Pronunciation: say-eer'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

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 (H687), Dishan (H1789), Timna (H8555H)

Meaning of the name

Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy"

General definition

Formed like H8163; rough;
{Seir} a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal {occupants} also one in Palestine: - Seir.

In the biblical story

Seir

Horite chief, ancestor of the Horites of Seir

Seir was a Horite chief and an ancestor of the Horites who inhabited the land of Seir.

In the Bible

Strong H8165B appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Genesis 36:20
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
Genesis 36:21
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
1 Chronicles 1:38
And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

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