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Hamor Scripture - Joshua 24:32

And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph....

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Hamor Scripture - Judges 9:28

And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who [is] Abimelech, and who [is] Shechem, that we should serve him? [is] not [he] the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?...

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Hamor Scripture - Genesis 34:24

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city....

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Hamor in Easton's Bible Dictionary

he-ass, a Hivite from whom Jacob purchased the plot of ground in which Joseph was afterwards buried (Gen. 33:19). He is called "Emmor" in Acts 7:16. His son Shechem founded the city of that name which Simeon and Levi destroyed because of his crime in the matter of Dinah, Jacob's daughter (Gen. 34:20). Hamor and Shechem were also slain (ve...

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Hamor in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("a large he-ass".) So (Genesis 49:14) Issachar. A Hivite; but Alex. manuscript, Septuagint, a Horite; prince of Shechem and the adjoining district, probably named from his son. Head of the clan named from him while yet alive "the children of Hamor." (Genesis 33:19.) From them Jacob bought for 100 kesita (i.e. bars or rings of silver of a cert...

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Hamor in Hitchcock's Bible Names

an ass; clay; dirt...

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Hamor in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ha'-mor (chamor, "an ass"; Emmor): Hamor was the father of Shechem from whom Jacob bought a piece of ground on his return from Paddan-aram for one hundred pieces of silver (Gen 33:19), and the burial place of Joseph when his body was removed from Egypt to Canaan (Josh 24:32). "The men of Hamor" were inhabitants of Shechem, and suffered a great...

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Hamor in Naves Topical Bible

-(The father of Shechem) -Jacob buys a piece of property from Ge 33:19; Jos 24:32; Jud 9:28 -Murdered by the sons of Jacob Ge 34:26; 49:6 -Called EMMOR Ac 7:16...

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Hamor in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(an ass), a Hivite who at the time of the entrance of Jacob on Israel was prince of the land and city of Shechem. Ge 33:19; 34:2,4,6,8,13,18,20,24,26 (B.C. 1737.) [DINAH]...

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