Biblical Persons & Places
Seir
Edomite living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.20;
only referred to as Seir (שֵׂעִיר);
father of Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Dishon, Ezer, Dishan, Timna.
Seir
Seir
A location in Edom first mentioned at Gen.14.6;
only referred to as Seir (שֵׂעִיר).
Seir_Mount
Mount Seir_1
A location first mentioned at Deu.1.2;
only referred to as Seir Mount (שֵׂעִיר).
Seir_Mount
Mount Seir_2
A location only mentioned at Jos.15.10;
only referred to as Seir Mount (שֵׂעִיר).
Strong's Definition
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Derivation: formed like H8163 (שָׂעִיר); rough;
KJV Usage: Seir.
TWOT Reference: 2274h,g
Outline of Biblical Usage
Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy"
n pr m
1) patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
n pr terr
2) the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont
3) a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf
3a) apparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself
4) a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׂעִיר
śê‛ý̂yr
BDB Definition:
Seir = hairy or shaggy
1) patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites (noun proper masculine)
2) the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea (noun proper territorial)
3) a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf (noun proper mountain)
3a) apparently also called Mount Seir and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself
4) a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim (noun proper mountain)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: formed like H8163
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2274h, 2274g
Total KJV Occurrences: 39