חֹרִיChôrîy

חֹרִי: proper name [of a people]: see below III.

Pronunciation: kho-ree' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2752

Meanings

חרר

חֹרִי: cave-dweller

1. the Horite (Genesis 36:20; Genesis 36:2)

2. ancient inhabitants of land of Edom (Genesis 14:6; Genesis 36:21; Genesis 36:20)

3.

a. an Edomite (Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1:39)

b. a Simeonite (Numbers 13:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 14:6 and the Horites at Mount Seir, as far as El-paran at the edge of the wilderness.
  • Genesis 36:20 These are the names of the tribes that descended from Seir the Horite. They lived in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
  • Genesis 36:21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the Horite clan leaders, the descendants of Seir, who lived in the land of Edom.
  • Genesis 36:29 So these were the leaders of the Horite clans: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
  • Deuteronomy 2:12 In earlier times the Horites had lived in Seir, but they were driven out and displaced by the descendants of Esau, just as Israel drove out the people of Canaan when the Lord gave Israel their land.)
  • Deuteronomy 2:22 He had done the same for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, for he destroyed the Horites so they could settle there in their place. The descendants of Esau live there to this day.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).