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seir |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Seir 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). From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Seir, Seirath, hairy; goat; demon; tempest
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