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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 BoxGen 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - And the Chorrhæans in the mountains of Seir, to the turpentine tree of Pharan, which is in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - (LXX 32:4) And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the [fn]strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16 - And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8 - And Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:9 - And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom in the mount Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20 - And these are the sons of Seir, the Chorrhite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21 - and Deson, and Asar, and Rison. These are the chiefs of the Chorrhite, the son of Seir, in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:30 - chief Deson, chief Asar, chief Rison. These are the chiefs of Chorri, in their principalities in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 - And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel, and Israel wrought valiantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:2 - It is a journey of eleven days from Choreb to mount Seir as far as Cades Barne.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - And the Amorite who dwelt in that mountain came out to meet you, and pursued you as bees do, and wounded you from Seir to Herma.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - And we turned and departed into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we compassed mount Seir many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - And charge the people, saying, Ye are going through the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they shall fear you, and dread you greatly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:5 - Do not engage in war against them, for I will not give you of their land even enough to set your foot upon, for I have given mount Seir to the children of Esau as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - And we passed by our brethren the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, by the way of Araba from Ælon and from Gesion Gaber; and we turned and passed by the way of the desert of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:12 - And the Chorrhite dwelt in Seir before, and the sons of Esau destroyed them, and utterly consumed them from before them; and they dwelt in their place, as Israel did to the land of his inheritance, which the Lord gave to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:22 - As they did to the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, even as they destroyed the Chorrhite from before them, and inherited [fn]their country, and dwelt therein instead of them until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - as the sons of Esau did to me, who dwelt in Seir, and the Moabites who dwelt in Aroer, until I shall have passed Jordan into the land which the Lord our God gives us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - And he said, The Lord is come from Sina, and has appeared from Seir to us, and has hasted out of the mount of Pharan, with the ten thousands of [fn]Cades; on his right hand were his angels with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from the mountain of Chelcha, and that which goes up to Seir, and as far as Balagad, and the plains of Libanus, under mount Aermon; and he took all their kings, and destroyed, and slew them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - And these are the kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua and the children of Israel slew beyond Jordan by the sea of Balagad in the plain of Libanus, and as far as the mountain of Chelcha, as men go up to Seir: and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel to inherit according to their portion;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - And the border will go round from Baal to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Assar behind the city of Jarin northwards; this is Chaslon: and it will come down to the city of the Sun, and will go on to the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:4 - and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - O Lord, in thy going forth on Seir, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Edom, the earth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, and the clouds dropped water.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:38 - The sons of Seir, Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana, Deson, Osar, and Disan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - And some of them, even of the sons of Symeon, went to mount Seir, even five hundred men; and Phalaettia, and Noadia, and Raphaia, and Oziel, sons of Jesi, were their rulers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, with regard to whom thou didst not permit Israel to pass through their border, when they had come out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned away from them, and did not destroy them;)—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - And when they began the praise and thanksgiving, the Lord caused the children of Ammon to fight against Moab, and the inhabitants of mount Seir that came out against Juda; and they were routed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - Then the children of Ammon and Moab rose up against the dwellers in mount Seir, to destroy and consume them; and when they had made an end of destroying the inhabitants of Seir, they rose up against one another so that they were utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - And Amasias strengthened himself, and took his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote there the children of Seir ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:14 - And it came to pass, after Amasias had returned from smiting Idumea, that he brought home the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up for himself as gods, and bowed down before them, and he sacrificed to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - The Vision of Idumea. Call to me out of Seir; guard ye the bulwarks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:8 - Thus saith the Lord; Because Moab has said, Behold, are not the house of Israel and Juda like all the other nations?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2 - Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - and say to it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and will make thee a waste, and thou shalt be made desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7 - And I will make mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - Thou shalt be desert, O mount Seir, and all Idumea; and it shall be utterly consumed: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord their God.
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