Seir
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Seir - rough; hairy. (1.) A Horite; one of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen.
36:20-30). After whom a southern mountain land was named whence The Lord is said to rise up from.
(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. 14:6), who were afterwards driven out by
the Edomites (Gen. 32:3; 33:14, 16). It was allotted to the
descendants of Esau (Deut. 2:4, 22; Josh. 24:4; 2 Chr. 20:10;
Isa. 21:11; Exek. 25:8).
(3.) A mountain range (not the Edomite range, Gen. 32:3) lying
between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab (Josh. 15:10).
From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Referenced By
Edom | Edomites | Horites | List of Biblical names starting with S | List of religious topics | List of religious topics (G-M) | List of religious topics (N-S) | List of religious topics (T-Z) | Pseudomonarchia Daemonum
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