שֵׂעִירSêʻîyr
proper name: Se`îr
Pronunciation: say-eer' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8165
Meanings
1.
a. land of Edom, south of Dead Sea (Genesis 32:4; Genesis 36:30; Judges 5:4)
b. specific mountain East of Arabah (Joshua 24:4; Genesis 36:8; Genesis 36:9)
c. = Edom (Ezekiel 25:8)
d. personified as masculine in ׳ בְּנֵישֿׂ (Genesis 14:6; Genesis 36:20; 1 Chronicles 1:38)
2. mountain in Judah (Joshua 15:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 39 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 32:3 Then Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother, Esau, who was living in the region of Seir in the land of Edom.
- Genesis 33:14 Please, my lord, go ahead of your servant. We will follow slowly, at a pace that is comfortable for the livestock and the children. I will meet you at Seir.”
- Genesis 33:16 So Esau turned around and started back to Seir that same day.
- Genesis 36:8 So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
- Genesis 36:9 This is the account of Esau’s descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.
See every passage
- Genesis 14:6, 32:3, 33:14, 33:16, 36:8, 36:9, 36:20, 36:21, 36:30
- Numbers 24:18
- Deuteronomy 1:2, 1:44, 2:1, 2:4, 2:5, 2:8, 2:12, 2:22, 2:29, 33:2
- Joshua 11:17, 12:7, 15:10, 24:4
- Judges 5:4
- 1 Chronicles 1:38, 4:42
- 2 Chronicles 20:10, 20:22, 20:23, 25:11, 25:14
- Isaiah 21:11
- Ezekiel 25:8, 35:2, 35:3, 35:7, 35:15
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).