King James Bible Dictionary

a prince; freeborn

1. Son of Lotan
Genesis 36:22; Genesis 36:30; 1 Chronicles 1:39

2. A Simeonite
Numbers 13:5

(cave-dweller).

1. A Horite, son of Lotan the son of Seir. (Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1:39; Genesis 36:30)
2. A man of Simeon, father of Shaphat. (Numbers 13:5)

and Ho'rites (descendants of Hori), the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, (Genesis 14:6) and probably allied to the Emim and Raphaim. The name Horite appears to have been derived from their habits as "cave-dwellers" Their excavated dwellings are still found in hundreds in the sandstone cliffs and mountains of Edom, and especially in Petra.

princes; being angry

HO'RISH, adjective Lewd, unchaste; loose; given to unlawful sexual intercourse; applied to females only.

HO'RISHLY, adverb Lewdly; unchastely.

Cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was "Seir," who probably gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch of the Hivites (Genesis 14:6; 36:20-30; 1 Chronicles 1:38, 39). They were dispossessed by the descendants of Esau, and as a people gradually became extinct (Deuteronomy 2:12-22).

HOR'IZON, noun [Gr. to bound, a limit.] The line that terminates the view, when extended on the surface of the earth; or a great circle of the sphere, dividing the world into two parts or hemispheres; the upper hemisphere which is visible, and the lower which is hid. The horizon is sensible, and rational or real. The sensible, apparent, or visible horizon is a lesser circle of the sphere, which divides the visible part of the sphere from the invisible. It is eastern or western; the eastern is that wherein the sun and stars rise; the western, that wherein they set. The rational, true, or astronomical horizon is a great circle whose plane passes through the center of the earth, and whose poles are the zenith and nadir. This horizon would bound the sight, if the eye could take in the whole hemisphere.

HORIZON'TAL, adjective Pertaining to the horizon, or relating to it.

1. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as a horizontal line or surface.

2. Near the horizon; as horizontal misty air.

HORIZONTAL'ITY, noun The state of being horizontal.

HORIZON'TALLY, adverb In a direction parallel to the horizon; on a level; as a ball carried horizontally