STRONGS NUMBER H8165

H8165. Seir

שֵׂעִיר‎ proper name Se`îr (= שָׂעִיר‎, goat ? compare Gray^Prop.N.94; but note play in שֵׂעָר‎ Genesis 25:25, שָׂעִר‎ 27:11, 23; Nö^{ZMG xl (1886). 165; Ency. Bib. ii. 1183} compare proper name, of a mountain (the 'hairy,' i.e. 'well-wooded,' compare trees), proper name, of a people (originally proper name, of a location) ; Lag^{BN 92} thinks ׳שׂ‎ originally proper name, masculine, but land much earlier in OT.; perhaps = Tel Amarna land Šêri, Zim^{ZA vi (1891), 257} Jastr^{JBL xi (1892), 114} Wkl^{Tel Am. 181, 26} Buhl^{Edom. 28. f.}); —

1 Σηειρ:

a. terr. land of Edom, south of Dead Sea, שׂ ׳אַ֫רְצָה‎ Genesis 32:4 (J; "" אֱדוֺם שְׂדֵה‎), compare 36:30 (P); ׳שׂ‎ alone Judges 5:4 (poem; "" id.), Numbers 24:18 (J E; "" אֱדוֺם‎), Deuteronomy 1:44; 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; 33:2; Joshua 11:19 (D), Isaiah 21:11; 2 Chronicles 20:23 b; with ה‎ locative שֵׂעִ֫ירָה‎ Genesis 33:14, 16 (J), Joshua 12:7 (D).

b. specific

mont. East of Arabah, ׳הַרשֿׂ‎ Joshua 24:4 (E), Genesis 36:8-9, (P), Deuteronomy 1:2; 2:1; 21:5; Ezekiel 35:2-3, 7, 15; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 20:10, 22, 23; compare שׂ ׳הַרֲרָם‎ Genesis 14:6 (home of הַחֹרִי‎; on text see Buhl^{Edom. 28} Gunk^Gn).

c. of a people Ezekiel 25:8 = Edom [van d. H. ׳שׁ‎]; but strike out ᵐ5‎^B Hi Co Berthol Toy Krae.

d. personified as masculine in ׳בְּנֵישֿׂ‎ (see חֹרִי‎ p. 360; compare Genesis 14:6) 36:20 = 1 Chronicles 1:38; Genesis 36:21 (P; + אֱדוֺם בְּאֶרֶץ‎); = Edomites 2 Chronicles 25:11, 14 ("" אֱדוֺמִים‎).

2. mont. in Judah, ׳הַרשֿׂ‎ Joshua 15:10 (P), Ασσαρ, A Σηειρ, ᵐ5‎^L Σιειρ; Di Buhl^{G 91} and others compare hill-ruin Sârîs approximately 9 miles west of Jerusalem. (Rob^{BR iii. 156}).