Loading...

KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H8165 - Seir

Strong's No.:H8165

Hebrew:שֵׂעִיר

Transliteration:Sêʻîyr

Phonetic:say-eer'

Word Origin:Formed like H8163

Bible Usage:Seir.

Strongs
Definition:

rough; {Seir} a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal {occupants} also one in Palestine


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" n pr m

1. patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites n pr terr

2. the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont

3. a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf

a. apparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself

4. a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim


Bible References:
Seir

Translation
Occurrences:
Seir ( 36 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.