Hamor: meaning of the name

Hamor in Hebrew and Greek

Who named Hamor in the Bible

• Hamor

  13 verses · first mentioned in Genesis 33:19

Hamor in Scripture

“Hamor” appears in 12 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Genesis 33:19

  And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.

• Genesis 34:2

  And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

• Genesis 34:4

  And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

• Genesis 34:6

  And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

• Genesis 34:8

  And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

• Genesis 34:13

  And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

• Genesis 34:18

  And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.

• Genesis 34:20

  And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,