Strong's Hebrew · H8165
H8165 Sêʻîyr
שֵׂעִיר
say-eer'
Seir
Sêʻîyr appears 39 times in Scripture, including Genesis 14:6 and Ezekiel 25:8. 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
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
In the King James Version
Seir.
Derivation
formed like H8163 (שָׂעִיר); rough;
Appears 39 times in Scripture
“So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,”
“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,””
“Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.”
“This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.”
“and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.”
“Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.”
“Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.””
“So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.”
“Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.”
“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).
