H8165Hebrewśēʿiyr
שֵׂעִיר
Seir.
39
Total Occurrences
9
Books
39
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1(n pr m) patriarch of the horites, the inhabitants of edom before the descendants of esau, the edomites
- 2apparently also called 'mount seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself
- 3(n pr terr) the land of edom, south of the dead sea
- 4(n pr mont) a mountain range in edom extending from the dead sea to the elanitic gulf
- 5a mountain in northern judah lying westward from kirjath-jearim
Etymology & Derivation
formed like H8163 (שָׂעִיר); rough;
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: Sêʻîyr; Pronunciation: say-eer'