Horite
חֹרִיStrong’s H2752chori (cho-ri)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chori is the Hebrew word usually translated “horite” and “horites”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.”
Meaning
- The inhabitants of Mount Seir
- The inhabitants of Edom (in later times)
How it's translated
- the horite 5
- the horites 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 4
- Deuteronomy 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
- Genesis 36:21And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
- Genesis 36:29These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
- Deuteronomy 2:12The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.
- Deuteronomy 2:22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
Hebrew dictionary
חֹרִי chori · Horite
Someone descended from Hori who was aomeone descended from Hori, a man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.22; son of: Lotan (H3877); brother of: Hemam (H1950) Group of cho.ri (חֹרִי "Hori" H2753H) § Horite = "cave dweller" 1) the inhabitants of Mount Seir 2) the inhabitants of Edom (in later times)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.