חֹרִי
cho.ri
“Horite”
Definition
a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean
from H2356 (חוֹר); cave-dweller or troglodyte;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
חֹרִי appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.)
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.
and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.
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