Sêʻîyr — H8165

Definition

proper noun (masculine/mountain/territory)

Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine

1. Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy"
2. n pr m
3. patriarch of the Horites, the inhabitants of Edom before the descendants of Esau, the Edomites
4. n pr terr
5. the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont
6. 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
7. a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim

Usually translated as

Seir

Origin

formed like H8163; rough

• Sâʻîyr (H8163)

Occurrences

Sêʻîyr occurs 39 times in 38 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (10), Joshua (4), Judges (1), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (5), Isaiah (1), Ezekiel (5)

• Genesis 14:6 — And the Horites in their mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֑יר), unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
• Genesis 32:3 — And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir (שֵׂעִ֖יר), the country of Edom.
• Genesis 33:14 — Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir (שֵׂעִֽירָה).
• Genesis 33:16 — So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir (שֵׂעִֽירָה).
• Genesis 36:8 — Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֔יר): Esau is Edom.
• Genesis 36:9 — And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir (שֵׂעִֽיר):
• Genesis 36:20 — These are the sons of Seir (שֵׂעִיר֙) the Horite, 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, the children of Seir (שֵׂעִ֖יר) in the land of Edom.
• Genesis 36:30 — Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir (שֵׂעִֽיר).
• Numbers 24:18 — And Edom shall be a possession, Seir (שֵׂעִ֖יר) also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
• Deuteronomy 1:2 — (There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֑יר) unto Kadesh-barnea.)
• Deuteronomy 1:44 — And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir (בְּשֵׂעִ֖יר), even unto Hormah.
• Deuteronomy 2:1 — Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֖יר) many days.
• Deuteronomy 2:4 — And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir (בְּשֵׂעִ֑יר); and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
• Deuteronomy 2:5 — Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir (שֵׂעִֽיר) unto Esau for a possession.
• Deuteronomy 2:8 — And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir (בְּשֵׂעִ֔יר), through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
• Deuteronomy 2:12 — The Horims also dwelt in Seir (וּבְשֵׂעִ֞יר) 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 (בְּשֵׂעִ֑יר), when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
• Deuteronomy 2:29 — (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir (בְּשֵׂעִ֔יר), and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
• Deuteronomy 33:2 — And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir (מִשֵּׂעִיר֙) unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
• Joshua 11:17 — Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir (שֵׂעִ֔יר), even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
• Joshua 12:7 — And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir (שֵׂעִ֑ירָה); which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
• Joshua 15:10 — And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֔יר), and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
• Joshua 24:4 — And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir (שֵׂעִיר֙), to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
• Judges 5:4 — LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir (מִשֵּׂעִיר֙), when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
• 1 Chronicles 1:38 — And the sons of Seir (שֵׂעִ֔יר); Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
• 1 Chronicles 4:42 — And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֔יר), having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
• 2 Chronicles 20:10 — And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֗יר), whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
• 2 Chronicles 20:22 — And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֛יר), which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
• 2 Chronicles 20:23 — For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֖יר), utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
• 2 Chronicles 20:23 — For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir (שֵׂעִ֔יר), every one helped to destroy another.
• 2 Chronicles 25:11 — And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir (שֵׂעִ֖יר) ten thousand.
• 2 Chronicles 25:14 — Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir (שֵׂעִ֔יר), and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
• Isaiah 21:11 — The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir (מִשֵּׂעִ֔יר), Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
• Ezekiel 25:8 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir (וְשֵׂעִ֔יר) do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
• Ezekiel 35:2 — Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֑יר), and prophesy against it,
• Ezekiel 35:3 — And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֑יר), I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
• Ezekiel 35:7 — Thus will I make mount Seir (שֵׂעִ֔יר) most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
• Ezekiel 35:15 — As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir (שֵׂעִיר֙), and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.