| Se'ir. (hairy, shaggy). We have both "land of Seir," Genesis 32:3; Gen 36:50, and "Mount Seir." Gen 14:6. It is the original name of the mountain range extending along the east side of the valley of Arabah, from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf. The Horites appear to have been the chief of the aboriginal inhabitants, Gen 36:20, but it was ever, afterward, the possession of the Edomites, the descendants of Esau. The Mount Seir of the Bible extended much farther south than the modern province, as is shown by the words of Deuteronomy 32:1-8 It had the Arabah on the west, Deu 32:1; Deu 32:8; it extended as far south as the head of the Gulf of Akabah, Deu 32:8; its eastern border ran along the base of the mountain range where the plateau of Arabia begins. Its northern order is not so accurately determined. There is a line of "naked" white hills or cliffs which run across the great valley about eight miles south of the Dead Sea, the highest eminence being Mount Hor, which is 4800 feet high. Smith's Bible Dictionary or |
Occurences In Authorized Version
23 Verse(s)
Deuteronomy 1:44, Deu 2:4, Deu 2:8, Deu 2:12, Deu 2:22, Deu 2:29, Deu 33:2,
Joshua 11:17, Jos 12:7, Jos 24:4,