Strong's H8165 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: שֵׂעִיר (Sêʻîyr)

Pronunciation: say-eer'

POS: say-eer' Morph: n-pr

Exegesis: formed like ; rough;

Definition: formed like שָׂעִיר; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine; Seir.

KJV Usage: Seir.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy"
• 2. n pr m
• 3. 1) patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
• 4. n pr terr
• 5. 2) the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont
• 6. 3) a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf
• 7. 3a) apparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself
• 8. 4) a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim

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