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King James Bible

Strongs Number: H8165


Hebrew Word
שֵׂעִיר
Transliteration
Sêʻîyr
Phonetic
say-eer'
Part of Speech
Strongs Definition

rough; {Seir} a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal {occupants} also one in Palestine

BDB Definition

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

a. 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

Origin
Formed like H8163
Bible Usage
Seir.