Strong H8165H8165Gשֵׂעִיר
(Mount) Seir
One of the 4 senses of Strong H8165
- Transliteration
- ώê‛îyr
- Pronunciation
- say-eer'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Mount Seir refers to the mountainous region within Seir, often associated with the Edomites (Deut. 1:2; 2:1, 5; 1 Chr. 4:42; Ezek. 35:2, 3, 7, 15).
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.
{Seir} a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal {occupants} also one in Palestine: - Seir.
In the biblical story
Seir Mount
Mountainous region in Seir, associated with Edom
Mount Seir refers to the mountainous region within Seir, often associated with the Edomites (Deut. 1:2; 2:1, 5; 1 Chr. 4:42; Ezek. 35:2, 3, 7, 15).
In the Bible
Strong H8165G appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- seir11
First verses
- Deuteronomy 1:2(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh–barnea.)
- Deuteronomy 2:1Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
- Deuteronomy 2:5Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
- 1 Chronicles 4:42And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
- 2 Chronicles 20:10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
- 2 Chronicles 20:22And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
- 2 Chronicles 20:23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
- Ezekiel 35:2Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
- Ezekiel 35:3And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
- Ezekiel 35:7Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
- Ezekiel 35:15As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the Lord.