Hormah: meaning of the name

Hormah in Hebrew and Greek

Places named Hormah

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Hormah in Scripture

“Hormah” appears in 9 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Numbers 14:45

  Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

• Numbers 21:3

  And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

• Deuteronomy 1:44

  And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

• Joshua 12:14

  The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

• Joshua 15:30

  And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

• Joshua 19:4

  And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,

• Judges 1:17

  And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

• 1 Samuel 30:30

  And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor–ashan, and to them which were in Athach,