Strong's Hebrew · H2752

H2752 Chôrîy

חֹרִי

kho-ree'

Horite

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Chôrîy appears 6 times in Scripture, in Genesis and Deuteronomy. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean

In the King James Version

Horims, Horites.

Derivation

from H2356 (חוֹר); cave-dweller or troglodyte;

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Deuteronomy 2:22

“just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.”

Genesis 36:21

“Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.”

Genesis 14:6

“and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.”

Genesis 36:29

“These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,”

Deuteronomy 2:12

“The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)”

Genesis 36:20

“These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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