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Lexicon :: Strong's H8165 - śēʿîr

Aa
שֵׂעִיר
Transliteration
śēʿîr
Pronunciation
say-eer'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun, proper noun with reference to a mountain, proper noun with reference to territory
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2274h,2274g

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׂעִיר Sêʻîyr, say-eer'; formed like H8163; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine:—Seir.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H8165 in the following manner: Seir (39x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x
The KJV translates Strong's H8165 in the following manner: Seir (39x).

  1. Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy"

    proper masculine noun

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

      proper noun with reference to territory

    2. the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea

      proper noun with reference to a mountain

    3. 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

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׂעִיר Sêʻîyr, say-eer'; formed like H8163; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine:—Seir.
STRONGS H8165: Abbreviations
† שֵׂעִיר proper name Se`îr (= שָׂעִיר, goat ? compare GrayProp. N. 94; but note play in שֵׂעָר Genesis 25:25, שָׂעִר Genesis 27:11, 23; NöZMG xl (1886). 165; Ency. Bib. ii. 1183 compare proper name, of a mountain bdb097301 (the 'hairy,' i.e. 'well-wooded,' compare bdb097302 trees), proper name, of a people (originally proper name, of a location) bdb097303; LagBN 92 thinks שׂ׳ originally proper name, masculine, but land much earlier in OT.; perhaps = Tel Amarna land Šêri, ZimZA vi (1891), 257 JastrJBL xi (1892), 114 WklTel Am. 181, 26 BuhlEdom. 28. f.); —
1. Σηειρ:
a. territory. land of Edom, south of Dead Sea, אַ֫רְצָה שׂ׳ Genesis 32:4 (J; || שְׂדֵה אֱדוֺם), compare Genesis 36:30 (P); שׂ׳ alone Judges 5:4 (poem; || id.), Numbers 24:18 (J E; || אֱדוֺם), Deuteronomy 1:44; Deuteronomy 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; Deuteronomy 33:2; Joshua 11:19 (D), Isaiah 21:11; 2 Chronicles 20:23 b; with ה locative שֵׂעִ֫ירָה Genesis 33:14, 16 (J), Joshua 12:7 (D).
b. specific mountain East of Arabah, הַרשֿׂ׳ Joshua 24:4 (E), Genesis 36:8, 9 (P), Deuteronomy 1:2; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 21:5; Ezekiel 35:2, 3, 7, 15; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 20:10, 22, 23; compare הַרֲרָם שׂ׳ Genesis 14:6 (home of הַחֹרִי; on text see BuhlEdom. 28 GunkGn).
c. of a people Ezekiel 25:8 = Edom [van d. H. שׁ׳]; but strike out Greek Version of the LXXB Hi Co Berthol Toy Krae.
d. personified as masculine in בְּנֵישֿׂ׳ (see חֹרִי; compare Genesis 14:6) Genesis 36:20 = 1 Chronicles 1:38; Genesis 36:21 (P; + בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֺם); = Edomites 2 Chronicles 25:11, 14 (|| אֱדוֺמִים).
2. mountain in Judah, הַרשֿׂ׳ Joshua 15:10 (P), Ασσαρ, A Σηειρ, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Σιειρ; Di BuhlG 91 and others compare hill-ruin Sârîs approximately 9 miles west of Jerusalem. (RobBR iii. 156).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:6; 14:6; 25:25; 27:11; 27:23; 32:4; 33:14; 33:16; 36:8; 36:9; 36:20; 36:21; 36:30

Numbers

24:18

Deuteronomy

1:2; 1:44; 2:1; 2:4; 2:8; 2:12; 2:22; 2:29; 21:5; 33:2

Joshua

11:19; 12:7; 15:10; 24:4

Judges

5:4

1 Chronicles

1:38; 4:42

2 Chronicles

20:10; 20:22; 20:23; 20:23; 25:11; 25:14

Isaiah

21:11

Ezekiel

25:8; 35:2; 35:3; 35:7; 35:15

H8165

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Strong's Number H8165 matches the Hebrew שֵׂעִיר (śēʿîr),
which occurs 39 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - and the Horites H2752 on their Mount H2022 Seir H8165, as far H5704 as El-paran H364, which H834 is by the wilderness H4057.

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Then Jacob H3290 sent H7971 messengers H4397 ahead H6440 of himself to his brother H251 Esau H6215 in the land H776 of Seir H8165, the [fn]country H7704 of Edom H123.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16 - So Esau H6215 returned H7725 that day H3117 on his way H1870 to Seir H8165.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8 - So Esau H6215 lived H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Seir H8165; Esau H6215 is Edom H123.

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These H428 then are the records of the generations H8435 of Esau H6215 the father H1 of [fn]the Edomites H123 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Seir H8165.

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These H428 are the sons H1121 of Seir H8165 the Horite H2752, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776: Lotan H3877, Shobal H7732, Zibeon H6649, Anah H6034,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21 - Dishon H1787, Ezer H687, and Dishan H1789. These H428 are the chiefs H441 [fn]descended from the Horites H2752, the sons H1121 of Seir H8165 in the land H776 of Edom H123.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:30 - chief H441 Dishon H1787, chief H441 Ezer H687, and chief H441 Dishan H1789. These H428 are the chiefs H441 [fn]descended from the Horites H2752, according to their various chiefs H441 in the land H776 of Seir H8165.

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“And Edom H123 shall be a possession H3423,

Seir H8165, its enemies H340, also will be a possession H3423,

While Israel H3478 performs H6213 valiantly H2428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:2 - It is eleven H259 H6240 days’ H3117 journey from Horeb H2722 by way H1870 of Mount H2022 Seir H8165 to Kadesh-barnea H6947.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - “And the Amorites H567 who lived H3427 in that hill H2022 country H2022 came H3318 out H3318 against H7122 you and chased H7291 you as bees H1682 do H6213, and they scattered H3807 you from Seir H8165 to Hormah H2767.

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“Then we turned H6437 and set H5265 out H5265 for the wilderness H4057 by the way H1870 of the [fn]Red H5488 Sea H3220, as the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to me, and we circled H5437 Mount H2022 Seir H8165 for many H7227 days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - and command H6680 the people H5971, saying H559, “You are going to pass H5674 through the territory H1366 of your brothers H251 the sons H1121 of Esau H6215, who live H3427 in Seir H8165; and they will be H3372 afraid H3372 of you. So be H8104 very H3966 careful H8104;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:5 - do not [fn]provoke H1624 them, for I will not give H5414 you any H4480 of their land H776, not even as H5704 much H5704 as H5704 a [fn]footprint H4096 H3709 H7272, because H3588 I have given H5414 Mount H2022 Seir H8165 to Esau H6215 as a possession H3425.

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“So we passed H5674 beyond H5674 H4480 our brothers H251 the sons H1121 of Esau H6215, who live H3427 in Seir H8165, away H4480 from the Arabah H6160 road H1870, away H4480 from Elath H359 and Ezion-geber H6100. And we turned H6437 and passed H5674 through H5674 by the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Moab H4124.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:12 - “The Horites H2752 previously H6440 lived H3427 in Seir H8165, but the sons H1121 of Esau H6215 dispossessed H3423 them and destroyed H8045 them from before H6440 [fn]them, and settled H3427 in H8478 their place H8478; just H834 as H834 Israel H3478 did H6213 to the land H776 of [fn]their possession H3425 which H834 the LORD H3068 gave H5414 them.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:22 - just H834 as H834 He did H6213 for the sons H1121 of Esau H6215, who live H3427 in Seir H8165, when H834 He destroyed H8045 the Horites H2752 from before H6440 them; they dispossessed H3423 them and settled H3427 in H8478 their place H8478, where they remain even H5704 to this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - just H834 as H834 the sons H1121 of Esau H6215 who live H3427 in Seir H8165 and the Moabites H4125 who live H3427 in Ar H6144 did H6213 for me, until H5704 H834 I cross H5674 over H5674 the Jordan H3383 into the land H776 that the LORD H3068 our God H430 is giving H5414 us.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - He said H559,

“The LORD H3068 came H935 from Sinai H5514,

And [fn]dawned H2224 on them from Seir H8165;

He shone H3313 from Mount H2022 Paran H6290,

And He came H857 from the midst of myriads H7233 of [fn]holy H6944 ones H6944;

At His right H3225 hand H3225 there was [fn]flashing H799 lightning H799 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount H2022 Halak H2510, that rises H5927 toward Seir H8165, even as far H5704 as Baal-gad H1171 in the Valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 Mount H2022 Hermon H2768. And he captured H3920 all H3605 their kings H4428, and struck H5221 them and put H4191 them to H4191 death H4191.

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Now these H428 are the kings H4428 of the land H776 whom H834 Joshua H3091 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]defeated H5221 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383 toward the west H3220, from Baal-gad H1171 in the Valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 even as far H5704 as Mount H2022 Halak H2510, which rises H5927 toward Seir H8165; and Joshua H3091 gave H5414 it to the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 as a possession H3425 according to their divisions H4256,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - The border H1366 turned H5437 from Baalah H1173 westward H3220 to Mount H2022 Seir H8165, and continued H5674 to the slope H3802 of Mount H2022 Jearim H3297 on the north H6828 (that is, Chesalon H3693), and went H3381 down H3381 to Beth-shemesh H1053 and continued H5674 through H5674 Timnah H8553.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:4 - ‘To Isaac H3327 I gave H5414 Jacob H3290 and Esau H6215, and to Esau H6215 I gave H5414 Mount H2022 Seir H8165, to possess H3423 it; but Jacob H3290 and his sons H1121 went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4

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“LORD H3068, when You went H3318 out H3318 from Seir H8165,

When You marched H6805 from the field H7704 of Edom H123,

The earth H776 quaked H7493, the heavens H8064 also H1571 dripped H5197,

The clouds H5645 also H1571 dripped H5197 water H4325.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:38 - The sons H1121 of Seir H8165 were Lotan H3877, Shobal H7732, Zibeon H6649, Anah H6034, Dishon H1787, Ezer H687, and Dishan H1789.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - From them, from the sons H1121 of Simeon H8095, five H2568 hundred H3967 men H376 went H1980 to Mount H2022 Seir H8165, with Pelatiah H6410, Neariah H5294, Rephaiah H7509, and Uzziel H5816, the sons H1121 of Ishi H3469, as their leaders H7218.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - “Now H6258 behold H2009, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, Moab H4124, and [fn]Mount H2022 Seir H8165, whom H834 You did not allow H5414 Israel H3478 to invade H935 when they came H935 out of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 (for they turned H5493 aside H5493 from them and did not destroy H8045 them),

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - When H6256 they began H2490 singing H7440 and praising H8416, the LORD H3068 set H5414 ambushes H693 against H5921 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, Moab H4124, and Mount H2022 Seir H8165, who had come H935 against Judah H3063; so they were struck H5062 down H5062.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - For the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and Moab H4124 rose H5975 up against H5921 the inhabitants H3427 of Mount H2022 Seir H8165, completely H8045 destroying H2763 them; and when they had finished H3615 with the inhabitants H3427 of Seir H8165, they helped H5826 to destroy H4889 one H376 another H7453.

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Now Amaziah H558 gathered H2388 his courage H2388 and led H5090 his people H5971 out H5090, and went H1980 to the Valley H1516 of Salt H4417, and struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 ten H6235 thousand H505 of the sons H1121 of Seir H8165.

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Now after H310 Amaziah H558 came H1961 from slaughtering H5221 the Edomites H130, he brought H935 the gods H430 of the sons H1121 of Seir H8165 and set H5975 them up as his gods H430. Then he bowed H2331 down H2331 before H6440 them and burned H6999 incense H6999 to them.

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The pronouncement H4853 concerning [fn]Edom H123:

One keeps calling H7121 to me from Seir H8165,

“Watchman H8104, [fn]how H4100 far gone H4480 is the night H3915?

Watchman H8104, [fn]how H4100 far gone H4480 is the night H3915?”

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‘The Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559 this H3541: “Because H3282 Moab H4124 and Seir H8165 say H559, ‘Behold H2009, the house H1004 of Judah H3063 is like all H3605 the nations H1471,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2 - “Son H1121 of man H120, set H7760 your face H6440 against H5921 Mount H2022 Seir H8165, and prophesy H5012 against H5921 it

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - and say H559 to it, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559:

“Behold H2009, I am against H413 you, Mount H2022 Seir H8165,

And I will reach H5186 out H5186 with My hand H3027 against H5921 you

And make H5414 you a desolation H8077 and a waste H4923.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7 - “I will make H5414 Mount H2022 Seir H8165 a waste H8077 and a desolation H8077 and I will eliminate H3772 from it one who passes H5674 through H5674 and returns H7725.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - “As you rejoiced H8055 over the inheritance H5159 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 because H5921 H834 it was H8074 desolate H8074, so H3651 I will do H6213 to you. You will be a desolation H8077, Mount H2022 Seir H8165, and all H3605 Edom H123, all H3605 of it. Then they will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068.”’
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