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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)
Dictionary Aids

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).
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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 - And the Horites H2752 in their mount H2042 Seir, H8165 unto Elparan, H364 which is by H5921 the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - And Jacob H3290 sent H7971 messengers H4397 before him H6440 to Esau H6215 his brother H251 unto the land H776 of Seir, H8165 the country H7704 of Edom. H123

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Let my lord, H113 I pray thee, pass over H5674 before H6440 his servant: H5650 and I will lead on H5095 softly, H328 according as H7272 the cattle H4399 that goeth before me H6440 and the children H3206 be able to endure, H7272 until I come H935 unto my lord H113 unto Seir. H8165

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16 - So Esau H6215 returned H7725 that day H3117 on his way H1870 unto Seir. H8165

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8 - Thus dwelt H3427 Esau H6215 in mount H2022 Seir: H8165 Esau H6215 is Edom. H123

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:9 - And these are the generations H8435 of Esau H6215 the father H1 of the Edomites H123 in mount H2022 Seir: H8165

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20 - These are the sons H1121 of Seir H8165 the Horite, H2752 who inhabited H3427 the land; H776 Lotan, H3877 and Shobal, H7732 and Zibeon, H6649 and Anah, H6034

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21 - And Dishon, H1787 and Ezer, H687 and Dishan: H1789 these are the dukes H441 of the Horites, H2752 the children H1121 of Seir H8165 in the land H776 of Edom. H123

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:30 - Duke H441 Dishon, H1787 duke H441 Ezer, H687 duke H441 Dishan: H1789 these are the dukes H441 that came of Hori, H2753 among their dukes H441 in the land H776 of Seir. H8165

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 - And Edom H123 shall be a possession, H3424 Seir H8165 also shall be a possession H3424 for his enemies; H341 and Israel H3478 shall do H6213 valiantly. H2428

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:2 - (There are eleven H259 H6240 days' H3117 journey from Horeb H2722 by the way H1870 of mount H2022 Seir H8165 unto Kadeshbarnea.) H6947

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - And the Amorites, H567 which dwelt H3427 in that mountain, H2022 came out H3318 against H7125 you, and chased H7291 you, as bees H1682 do, H6213 and destroyed H3807 you in Seir, H8165 even unto Hormah. H2767

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - Then we turned, H6437 and took our journey H5265 into the wilderness H4057 by the way H1870 of the Red H5488 sea, H3220 as the LORD H3068 spake H1696 unto me: and we compassed H5437 mount H2022 Seir H8165 many H7227 days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - And command H6680 thou the people, H5971 saying, H559 Ye are to pass H5674 through the coast H1366 of your brethren H251 the children H1121 of Esau, H6215 which dwell H3427 in Seir; H8165 and they shall be afraid H3372 of you: take ye good H3966 heed H8104 unto yourselves therefore:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:5 - Meddle H1624 not with them; for I will not give H5414 you of their land, H776 no, not so much as a foot H7272 breadth; H4096 H3709 because I have given H5414 mount H2022 Seir H8165 unto Esau H6215 for a possession. H3425

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - And when we passed H5674 by from our brethren H251 the children H1121 of Esau, H6215 which dwelt H3427 in Seir, H8165 through the way H1870 of the plain H6160 from Elath, H359 and from Eziongaber, H6100 we turned H6437 and passed H5674 by the way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Moab. H4124

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:12 - The Horims H2752 also dwelt H3427 in Seir H8165 beforetime; H6440 but the children H1121 of Esau H6215 succeeded H3423 them, when they had destroyed H8045 them from before H6440 them, and dwelt H3427 in their stead; as Israel H3478 did H6213 unto the land H776 of his possession, H3425 which the LORD H3068 gave H5414 unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:22 - As he did H6213 to the children H1121 of Esau, H6215 which dwelt H3427 in Seir, H8165 when he destroyed H8045 the Horims H2752 from before H6440 them; and they succeeded H3423 them, and dwelt H3427 in their stead even unto this day: H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - (As the children H1121 of Esau H6215 which dwell H3427 in Seir, H8165 and the Moabites H4125 which dwell H3427 in Ar, H6144 did H6213 unto me;) until I shall pass over H5674 Jordan H3383 into the land H776 which the LORD H3068 our God H430 giveth H5414 us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - And he said, H559 The LORD H3068 came H935 from Sinai, H5514 and rose up H2224 from Seir H8165 unto them; he shined forth H3313 from mount H2022 Paran, H6290 and he came H857 with ten thousands H7233 of saints: H6944 from his right hand H3225 went a fiery H799 H784 law H1881 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - Even from the mount H2022 Halak, H2510 that goeth up H5927 to Seir, H8165 even unto Baalgad H1171 in the valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 under mount H2022 Hermon: H2768 and all their kings H4428 he took, H3920 and smote H5221 them, and slew H4191 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - And these are the kings H4428 of the country H776 which Joshua H3091 and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 smote H5221 on this side H5676 Jordan H3383 on the west, H3220 from Baalgad H1171 in the valley H1237 of Lebanon H3844 even unto the mount H2022 Halak, H2510 that goeth up H5927 to Seir; H8165 which Joshua H3091 gave H5414 unto the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 for a possession H3425 according to their divisions; H4256

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - And the border H1366 compassed H5437 from Baalah H1173 westward H3220 unto mount H2022 Seir, H8165 and passed H5674 along unto the side H3802 of mount H2022 Jearim, H3297 which is Chesalon, H3693 on the north side, H6828 and went down H3381 to Bethshemesh, H1053 and passed on H5674 to Timnah: H8553

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:4 - And I gave H5414 unto Isaac H3327 Jacob H3290 and Esau: H6215 and I gave H5414 unto Esau H6215 mount H2022 Seir, H8165 to possess H3423 it; but Jacob H3290 and his children H1121 went down H3381 into Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - LORD, H3068 when thou wentest out H3318 of Seir, H8165 when thou marchedst out H6805 of the field H7704 of Edom, H123 the earth H776 trembled, H7493 and the heavens H8064 dropped, H5197 the clouds H5645 also dropped H5197 water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:38 - And the sons H1121 of Seir; H8165 Lotan, H3877 and Shobal, H7732 and Zibeon, H6649 and Anah, H6034 and Dishon, H1787 and Ezer, H687 and Dishan. H1789

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - And some of them, even of the sons H1121 of Simeon, H8095 five H2568 hundred H3967 men, H582 went H1980 to mount H2022 Seir, H8165 having for their captains H7218 Pelatiah, H6410 and Neariah, H5294 and Rephaiah, H7509 and Uzziel, H5816 the sons H1121 of Ishi. H3469

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - And now, behold, the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 and Moab H4124 and mount H2022 Seir, H8165 whom thou wouldest not let H5414 Israel H3478 invade, H935 when they came out H935 of the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 but they turned H5493 from them, and destroyed H8045 them not;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - And when H6256 they began H2490 to sing H7440 and to praise, H8416 the LORD H3068 set H5414 ambushments H693 against the children H1121 of Ammon, H5983 Moab, H4124 and mount H2022 Seir, H8165 which were come H935 against Judah; H3063 and they were smitten. H5062

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - For the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 and Moab H4124 stood up H5975 against the inhabitants H3427 of mount H2022 Seir, H8165 utterly to slay H2763 and destroy H8045 them: and when they had made an end H3615 of the inhabitants H3427 of Seir, H8165 every one H376 helped H5826 to destroy H4889 another. H7453

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - And Amaziah H558 strengthened H2388 himself, and led forth H5090 his people, H5971 and went H3212 to the valley H1516 of salt, H4417 and smote H5221 of the children H1121 of Seir H8165 ten H6235 thousand. H505

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:14 - Now it came to pass, after H310 that Amaziah H558 was come H935 from the slaughter H5221 of the Edomites, H130 that he brought H935 the gods H430 of the children H1121 of Seir, H8165 and set them up H5975 to be his gods, H430 and bowed down H7812 himself before H6440 them, and burned incense H6999 unto them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - The burden H4853 of Dumah. H1746 He calleth H7121 to me out of Seir, H8165 Watchman, H8104 what of the night? H3915 Watchman, H8104 what of the night? H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:8 - Thus saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Because H3282 that Moab H4124 and Seir H8165 do say, H559 Behold, the house H1004 of Judah H3063 is like unto all the heathen; H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2 - Son H1121 of man, H120 set H7760 thy face H6440 against mount H2022 Seir, H8165 and prophesy H5012 against it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - And say H559 unto it, Thus saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Behold, O mount H2022 Seir, H8165 I am against thee, and I will stretch out H5186 mine hand H3027 against thee, and I will make H5414 thee most H4923 desolate. H8077

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7 - Thus will I make H5414 mount H2022 Seir H8165 most H8077 desolate, H8077 and cut off H3772 from it him that passeth out H5674 and him that returneth. H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - As thou didst rejoice H8057 at the inheritance H5159 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 because it was desolate, H8074 so will I do H6213 unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, H8077 O mount H2022 Seir, H8165 and all Idumea, H123 even all of it: and they shall know H3045 that I am the LORD. H3068
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