(Mount) Seir
שֵׂעִירStrong’s H8165seir (se-ir)
Appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Seir is the Hebrew word usually translated “seir”, “seir towards” and “from seir”. It appears in 38 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.”
Meaning
- The land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont
- A mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulfapparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself
- A mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.20
- § Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy"
How it's translated
- seir 26
- in seir 5
- seir towards 3
- from seir 3
- and in seir 1
- and seir 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 10
- Genesis 9
- 2 Chronicles 5
- Ezekiel 5
- Joshua 4
- 1 Chronicles 2
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
- Genesis 33:14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
- Genesis 33:16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
- Genesis 36:8Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
- Genesis 36:9And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
- Genesis 36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
Hebrew dictionary
שֵׂעִיר seir · Seir
§ Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" 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 3a) 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
שֵׂעִיר seir · Seir
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.20; father of: Lotan (H3877), Shobal (H7732), Zibeon (H6649H), Anah (H6034H), Dishon (H1787), Ezer (H0687), Dishan (H1789), Timna (H8555H) § Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
שֵׂעִיר seir · (Mount) Seir
§ Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
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.