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Seir

Hebrew: שֵׂעִיר —transliteration: Seir —occurrences: 39

Seir was the name of 2 mountain ranges and a Biblical man.

  1. Seir, a Horite man

    He was one of the “dukes” of Edom.

    These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. (Genesis 36:20-30 excerpt).

    Edom is the land of Esau.

  2. Seir mountains of Edom

    This is an ancient name of a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the southeastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near the Gulf of Aqaba.

    It was originally occupied by the Horites (Genesis 14:6), who were afterwards driven out by the Edomites (Genesis 32:3; 33:14, 16; Deuteronomy 2:12; 2:22).

    It was allotted to the descendants of Esau (Deuteronomy 2:4, 22; Joshua 24:4; 2 Chronicles 20:10; Isaiah 21:11; Ezek. 25:8).

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  3. The land of Seir, mountain range (not the Edomite range)

    also known as: Edom

    …Esau lived in the hill country of Seir… —Genesis 36:8 excerpt

    Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. —Genesis 32:3

    …Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir… —Genesis 36:9 excerpt

    This land lays between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab, stretching between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba in the northwestern region of Edom and southeast of the Kingdom of Judah (Joshua 15:10).

    “Then we [the Israelites] turned and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me [Moses], and circled Mount Seir for many days.” —Deuteronomy 2:1

    [God commanded] the people, saying, “You [children of Israel] are going to pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful; do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. —Deuteronomy 2:4-5 excerpt

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Article Version: September 20, 2024