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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 Box Gen 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:6 - and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which is by the wilderness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - And Jacob sendeth messengers before him unto Esau his brother, towards the land of Seir, the field of Edom,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I -- I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which is before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:16 - And turn back on that day doth Esau on his way to Seir;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8 - and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:30 - chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are chiefs of the Horite in reference to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 - And Edom hath been a possession, And Seir hath been a possession, for its enemies, And Israel is doing valiantly;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:2 - eleven days' from Horeb, the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-Barnea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - and the Amorite who is dwelling in that hill-country cometh out to meet you, and they pursue you as the bees do, and smite you in Seir -- unto Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:1 - 'And we turn, and journey into the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea, as Jehovah hath spoken unto me, and we go round the mount of Seir many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - 'And the people command thou, saying, Ye are passing over into the border of your brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, and they are afraid of you; and ye have been very watchful,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:5 - ye do not strive with them, for I do not give to you of their land even the treading of the sole of a foot; for a possession to Esau I have given mount Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - 'And we pass by from our brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, by the way of the plain, by Elath, and by Ezion-Gaber; and we turn, and pass over the way of the wilderness of Moab;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:12 - And in Seir have the Horim dwelt formerly; and the sons of Esau dispossess them, and destroy them from before them, and dwell in their stead, as Israel hath done to the land of his possession, which Jehovah hath given to them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:22 - as He hath done for the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, when He destroyed the Horim from before them, and they dispossess them, and dwell in their stead, unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:29 - as the sons of Esau who are dwelling in Seir, and the Moabites who are dwelling in Ar, have done to me -- till that I pass over the Jordan, unto the land which Jehovah our God is giving to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:2 - and he saith: -- 'Jehovah from Sinai hath come, And hath risen from Seir for them; He hath shone from mount Paran, And hath come with myriads of holy ones; At His right hand are springs for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from the mount of Halak, which is going up to Seir, and unto Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, under mount Hermon; and all their kings he hath captured, and he smiteth them, and putteth them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - And these are kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel have smitten beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, and unto the mount of Halak, which is going up to Seir; and Joshua giveth it to the tribes of Israel -- a possession according to their divisions;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - and the border hath gone round from Baalah westward, unto mount Seir, and passed over unto the side of mount Jearim (it is Chesalon), on the north, and gone down to Beth-Shemesh, and passed over to Timnah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:4 - And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:38 - And sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - And of them, of the sons of Simeon, there have gone to mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:10 - 'And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:22 - And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, Jehovah hath put ambushments against the sons of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, who are coming in to Judah, and they are smitten,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 - and the sons of Ammon stand up, and Moab, against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to devote and to destroy, and at their finishing with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped, a man against his neighbour, to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 - And Amaziah hath strengthened himself, and leadeth his people, and goeth to the Valley of Salt, and smiteth the sons of Seir -- ten thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:14 - And it cometh to pass, after the coming in of Amaziah from smiting the Edomites, that he bringeth in the gods of the sons of Seir, and establisheth them to him for gods, and before them doth bow himself, and to them he maketh perfume.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:11 - The burden of Dumah. Unto me is one calling from Seir 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:8 - Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because of the saying of Moab and Seir: Lo, as all the nations is the house of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 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 Box Eze 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:3 - and thou hast said to it: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am against thee, O mount Seir, And have stretched out My hand against thee, And made thee a desolation and an astonishment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:7 - And I have given mount Seir for a desolation and an astonishment, And have cut off from it him who is passing over and him who is returning,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - According to thy joy at the inheritance of the house of Israel because of desolation, So I do to thee -- a desolation thou art, O mount Seir, and all Edom -- all of it, And they have known that I am Jehovah!
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