Hebrew word · H2752

חֹרִי

hachori

Horite

Appears 6 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

Someone descended from Hori who was aomeone descended from Hori, a man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.22;

son of: Lotan (H3877);

brother of: Hemam (H1950)

Group of cho.ri (חֹרִי "Hori" H2753H)

§ Horite = "cave dweller"

1) the inhabitants of Mount Seir

2) the inhabitants of Edom (in later times)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Genesis · 4

  1. Genesis 14:6 הַחֹרִ֖י the Horite[s]

    and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

  2. Genesis 36:20 הַחֹרִ֔י the Horite

    These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

  3. Genesis 36:21 הַחֹרִ֛י the Horite[s]

    Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.

  4. Genesis 36:29 הַחֹרִ֑י the Horite[s]

    These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

Deuteronomy · 2

  1. Deuteronomy 2:12 הַחֹרִים֮ the Horites

    The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)

  2. Deuteronomy 2:22 הַחֹרִי֙ the Horite[s]

    just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

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