Strong's H8165 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שֵׂעִיר (Sêʻîyr)

Pronunciation: say-eer'

Morphology: n-pr

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr terr

Derivation: formed like שָׂעִיר (sâʻîyr) H8163; rough

Definition: Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Seir

Senses

1. Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy"
2. patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
3. the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont
4. a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf
   1. apparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself
5. a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim

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