שֵׂעִיר

se.irNounH8165

Seir

From: formed like H8163 (שָׂעִיר); rough;

Short Definition

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

Full Lexicon Entry

§ Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" 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 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

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun

Morphology N:N--L

DescriptionN:N--L

Occurrences

37 times

Appears 37 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Deuteronomy
10
Genesis
8
2 Chronicles
5
Ezk
5
Joshua
4

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 1:38
  • Deuteronomy 1:2
  • Deuteronomy 2:22
  • Ezk 35:15
  • Genesis 36:21

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.