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'