Seir
As 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....
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Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom....
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LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out
of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens
dropped, the clouds also dropped water....
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rough; hairy. (1.) A Horite; one of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen.
36:20-30).
(2.) The name of a mountainous region occupied by the
Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the
Arabah from
the south-eastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near
the Akabah,
or the eastern branch of the Red Sea. It was
originally occupied
by the Horites (Gen. 14...
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("hairy, rugged".)
1. Named so from a Horite chief (Genesis 36:20). Or
probably Seir was his title, not proper name, given from the
rugged rocky nature of the country, or from its abounding in
bushes, in contrast to Halak "the smooth mountain." Esau and
the Edomite supplanted the previous occupants the Horites.
frontHORITES.) Mount Seir is t...
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And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau
mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went
down into Egypt....
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Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these [are] the dukes
[that came] of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir....
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And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount
Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which
[is] Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to
Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:...
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The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,
what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?...
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