Chôrîy — H2752

Definition

masculine patronymic noun

a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean

1. Horite = "cave dweller"
2. the inhabitants of Mount Seir
3. the inhabitants of Edom (in later times)

Usually translated as

Horites, Horims

Origin

from H2356; cave-dweller or troglodyte

• Derived from Chôwr (H2356)

Occurrences

Chôrîy occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Deuteronomy (2)

• Genesis 14:6 — And the Horites (הַחֹרִ֖י) in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
• Genesis 36:20 — These are the sons of Seir the Horite (הַחֹרִ֔י), who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
• Genesis 36:21 — And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites (הַחֹרִ֛י), the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
• Genesis 36:29 — These are the dukes that came of the Horites (הַחֹרִ֑י); duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
• Deuteronomy 2:12 — The Horims (הַחֹרִים֮) also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.
• Deuteronomy 2:22 — As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims (הַחֹרִי֙) from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: