Seir


"Rough; hairy. (1.) A Horite; one of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen." 36:20-30). "(2.) The name of a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the "south-eastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near the Akabah, or" the eastern branch of the Red Sea. It was originally occupied by "the Horites (Gen. 14:6), who were afterwards driven out by the" "Edomites (Gen. 32:3; 33:14, 16). It was allotted to the" "descendants of Esau (Deut. 2:4, 22; Josh. 24:4; 2 Chr. 20:10;" Isa. 21:11; Exek. 25:8). "(3.) A mountain range (not the Edomite range, Gen. 32:3) lying between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab (Josh. 15:10).

"Woody district; shaggy, a place among the mountains of Ephraim," "bordering on Benjamin, to which Ehud fled after he had" "assassinated Eglon at Jericho (Judg. 3:26, 27)."


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Definition of Seir:
"Seirath, hairy; goat; demon; tempest"