H2752: חֹרִי
Chôrîy · pronounced kho-ree' · “Horite”
Definition
a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean
KJV translates it as: Horims, Horites.
Word origin: from H2356 (חוֹר); cave-dweller or troglodyte;
Extended definition
son of: Lotan (H3877);
brother of: Hemam (H1950)
Group of cho.ri (חֹרִי "Hori" H2753H)
§ Horite = "cave dweller"
1) the inhabitants of Mount Seir
2) the inhabitants of Edom (in later times)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2752 is translated
- horites ×5
- horite ×1
Bible verses with H2752 (Chôrîy)
Chôrîy appears in 6 verses.
- Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El–paran, which is by the wilderness.
- Genesis 36:20
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
- Genesis 36:21
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
- Genesis 36:29
These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
- Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
- Deuteronomy 2:22
As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: