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Lexicon :: Strong's H2752 - ḥōrî

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חֹרִי
Transliteration
ḥōrî
Pronunciation
kho-ree'
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Part of Speech
masculine patrial noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

חֹרִי Chôrîy, kho-ree'; from H2356; cave-dweller or troglodyte; a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean:—Horims, Horites.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H2752 in the following manner: Horite (4x), Horims (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H2752 in the following manner: Horite (4x), Horims (2x).

  1. Horite = "cave dweller"

    1. the inhabitants of Mount Seir

    2. the inhabitants of Edom (in later times)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֹרִי Chôrîy, kho-ree'; from H2356; cave-dweller or troglodyte; a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean:—Horims, Horites.
STRONGS H2752: Abbreviations
† II. חֹרִי, חוֺרִי adjective, usually proper name, of a people or person (probably ＝cave-dweller, so Thes Rob Ges MV VB; see also W Max MüllAsien u. Europa 136, 155, 156) —
1. adjective, of a people שֵׂעִיר הַח׳ Genesis 36:20 Seir the Horite (P); read הַחִ׳ also Genesis 36:2 for MT הַחִוִּי
2. proper name, of a people always with article; usually singular collective הַחֹרִיִ, ancient inhabitants of land of Edom Genesis 14:6 (בְּהַרֲרָם שֵׂעִיר); in P called בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֺם Genesis 36:21 (see Genesis 36:20); compare Genesis 36:29; Genesis 36:30; according to Deuteronomy 2:12 (where alone הַחֹרִים), Deuteronomy 2:22 they were driven out by sons of Esau (yet see Genesis 36:1c and Di); Greek Version of the LXX ὁ Χορραιος, οἱ Χορραιοι, (Genesis 36:29, 30 Χορρ(ε)ι).

See bottom portion 3. a. b. of this BDB entry H2753.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:6; 36:1; 36:2; 36:20; 36:20; 36:21; 36:29; 36:29; 36:30; 36:30

Deuteronomy

2:12; 2:22

H2752

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2752 matches the Hebrew חֹרִי (ḥōrî),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - and the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El-paran on the border of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20 - These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21 - Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:29 - These are the chiefs of the Horites: the chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:12 - The Horites also lived in Seir formerly, but the people of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, as Israel did to the land of their possession, which the LORD gave to them.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:22 - as he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.
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