Topic
Seir
25 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 14:6Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Originally inhabited by Horites
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
- Genesis 32:3Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
- Genesis 36:20Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A Horite chief
¶ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
- Joshua 15:10Easton · Smith · ISBE
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
- Genesis 33:14Easton · Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people
Let 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 33:16Easton · Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people
¶ So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
- Genesis 36:20–30Easton · Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Originally inhabited by Horites
¶ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. And the children of Lotan were Hori…
- Deuteronomy 2:4Easton · Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people
And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
- Deuteronomy 2:22Easton · Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people
As 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:
- Genesis 36:8Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
- Genesis 36:9Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people
¶ And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
- Genesis 36:21Nave 2. A Horite chief
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
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- Numbers 24:18 Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people
- Deuteronomy 1:1 Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Along the route from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea
- Deuteronomy 1:2 Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea
- Deuteronomy 2:1–8 Smith
- Deuteronomy 2:1 Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — The people of Israel travel by
- Deuteronomy 2:5 Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people
- Deuteronomy 2:12 Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — Originally inhabited by Horites
- Deuteronomy 33:2 Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — The people of Israel travel by
- Joshua 11:15–18 Nave 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea — The southern boundary of the conquests of Joshua
- Joshua 24:4 Easton
- 1 Chronicles 1:38 Nave 2. A Horite chief
- 2 Chronicles 20:10 Easton
- Isaiah 21:11 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 12 references
Rough; hairy. (1.) A Horite; one of the “dukes” of Edom (Gen. 36:20-30).
(2.) The name of a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the south-eastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near the Akabah, or the eastern branch of the Red Sea. It was originally occupied by the Horites (Gen. 14:6), who were afterwards driven out by the Edomites (Gen. 32:3; 33:14, 16). It was allotted to the descendants of Esau (Deut. 2:4, 22; Josh. 24:4; 2 Chr. 20:10; Isa. 21:11; Exek. 25:8).
(3.) A mountain range (not the Edomite range, Gen. 32:3) lying between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab (Josh. 15:10).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
- We have both "land of Seir," (Genesis 32:3; 36:50) and "Mount Seir." (Genesis 14:6) It is the original name of the mountain range extending along the east side of the valley of Arabah, from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic, Golf. The Horites appear to have been the chief of the aboriginal inhabitants, (Genesis 36:20) but it was ever afterward the possession of the Edomites, the descendants of Esau. The Mount Seir of the: Bible extended much farther south than the modern province, as is shown by the words of (2:1-8) It had the Arabah on the west, vs. 1 and 8; it extended as far south as the head of the Gulf of Akabah, ver. 8; its eastern border ran along the base of the mountain range where the plateau of Arabia begins. Its northern, order is not so accurately determined. There is a line of "naked" white hills or cliffs which run across the great valley about eight miles south of the Dead Sea, the highest eminence being Mount Hor, which is 4800 feet high.
- Mount Seir, an entirely different place from the foregoing; one of the landmarks on the north boundary of the territory of Judah. (Joshua 15:10) only. It lay westward of Kirjath-jearim, and between it and Beth-shemesh. If Kuriel el-Enab be the former and Ain-shems the latter of these two, then Mount Seir cannot fail to be the ridge which lies between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab . In a pass of this ridge is the modern village of Seir.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
se'-ir:
(1) (har se'-ir, "Mt. Seir" (Ge 14:6, etc.), 'erets se`-ir (Ge 32:3, etc.); to oros Seeir, ge Seeir): In Ge 32:3 "the land of Seir" is equated with "the field of Edom." The Mount and the Land of Seir are alternative appellations of the mountainous tract which runs along the eastern side of the Arabah, occupied by the descendants of Esau, who succeeded the ancient Horites (Ge 14:6; 36:20), "cave-dwellers," in possession. For a description of the land see EDOM.
(2) (har se`ir; Codex Vaticanus Assar; Codex Alexandrinus Seeir): A landmark on the boundary of Judah (Jos 15:10), not far from Kiriath-jearim and Chesalon. The name means "shaggy," and probably here denoted a wooded height. It may be that part of the range which runs Northeast from Saris by Karyat el-`Anab and Biddu to the plateau of el-Jib. Traces of an ancient forest are still to be seen here.
W. Ewing
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 23 references, grouped by sub-topic
- 1. A range of hills southwest of the Dead Sea De 1:2
- Along the route from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea De 1:1,2
- The people of Israel travel by De 1:2; 2:1; 33:2
- Originally inhabited by Horites Ge 14:6; 36:20-30; De 2:12
- Later inhabited by the descendants of Esau after they destroyed the Horim people De 2:12,22; with Ge 32:3; 33:14,16; 36:8,9; Nu 24:18; De 2:4,5
- The southern boundary of the conquests of Joshua Jos 11:15-18
- 2. A Horite chief Ge 36:20,21; 1Ch 1:38
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.