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Lexicon :: Strong's H8165 - śēʿîr

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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)
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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 Box Gen 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran near the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16 - So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8 - So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:9 - This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20 - These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21 - Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:30 - Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 - Edom will be conquered; Seir, his enemy, will be conquered, but Israel will grow strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:2 - (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - Then we turned back and set out toward the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea,[fn] as the LORD had directed me. For a long time we made our way around the hill country of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - Give the people these orders: ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, but be very careful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:5 - Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - So we went on past our relatives the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion Geber, and traveled along the desert road of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:12 - Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the LORD gave them as their possession.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:22 - The LORD had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us—until we cross the Jordan into the land the LORD our God is giving us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with[fn] myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - Then it curved westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh and crossed to Timnah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:4 - and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I assigned the hill country of Seir to Esau, but Jacob and his family went down to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - “When you, LORD, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:38 - The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - “But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - Amaziah then marshaled his strength and led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he killed ten thousand men of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:14 - When Amaziah returned from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir. He set them up as his own gods, bowed down to them and burned sacrifices to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - A prophecy against Dumah[fn]: Someone calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:8 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, Judah has become like all the other nations,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2 - “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir; prophesy against it

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against you, Mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7 - I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off from it all who come and go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - Because you rejoiced when the inheritance of Israel became desolate, that is how I will treat you. You will be desolate, Mount Seir, you and all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’ ”
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