Lexicon :: Strong's H8165 - śēʿîr

שֵׂעִיר

Transliteration

śēʿîr

Pronunciation

say-eer'

Part of Speech

proper masculine noun, proper noun with reference to a mountain, proper noun with reference to territory

Root Word (Etymology)

Formed like שָׂעִיר (H8163)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2274h,2274g

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׂעִיר Sêʻîyr, say-eer'; formed like H8163; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine:—Seir.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H8165 in the following manner: Seir (39x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H8165 in the following manner: Seir (39x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy"
proper masculine noun
1. patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
  proper noun with reference to territory
2. the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea
  proper noun with reference to a mountain
3. a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf
  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

שֵׂעִיר Sêʻîyr, say-eer'; formed like H8163; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine:—Seir.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8165: Abbreviations

† שֵׂעִיר proper name Se`îr (= שָׂעִיר, goat ? compare Gray^{Prop. N. 94}; but note play in שֵׂעָר Genesis 25:25, שָׂעִר Genesis 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. territory. land of Edom, south of Dead Sea, אַ֫רְצָה שׂ׳ Genesis 32:4 (J; || שְׂדֵה אֱדוֺם), compare Genesis 36:30 (P); שׂ׳ alone Judges 5:4 (poem; || id.), Numbers 24:18 (J E; || אֱדוֺם), Deuteronomy 1:44; Deuteronomy 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; Deuteronomy 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 mountain East of Arabah, הַרשֿׂ׳ Joshua 24:4 (E), Genesis 36:8, 9 (P), Deuteronomy 1:2; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 21:5; Ezekiel 35:2, 3, 7, 15; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 20:10, 22, 23; compare הַרֲרָם שׂ׳ 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 ^B Hi Co Berthol Toy Krae.

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

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

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