H2752 H2752
Horite; the pre-Edomite cave-dwelling inhabitants of the hill country of Seir, displaced by Esau's descendants.
The gentilic noun chori (II) designates the Horites, the indigenous people of the Seir hill country before the Edomites displaced them. The name likely derives from chor ('cave'), marking them as cave-dwellers -- fitting the terrain of Edom's sandstone cliffs. Genesis 14:6 places them in their mountains at the time of the eastern kings' invasion. Genesis 36:20-30 provides a detailed genealogy of Seir the Horite and his descendants. Deuteronomy 2:12, 22 records their displacement by the sons of Esau as a paradigm for how God gives nations their territories.
Senses
1. Horite (gentilic) — The Horites, a pre-Edomite ethnic group inhabiting the hill country of Seir, always with the article (ha-chori). Spanish 'el horeo / los horeos,' German 'der Horite / der Choriter,' and English 'the Horite / the Horites' uniformly transliterate. The name probably means 'cave-dweller' (from chor, 'cave'), appropriate to Edom's sandstone geography. Genesis 36:20 identifies 'Seir the Horite' as the ancestral figure; Gen 14:6 locates them in their mountains; Deut 2:12, 22 narrates their dispossession by Esau's descendants as theological precedent for Israel's own territorial inheritance. 6×
AR["الْ-حُورِيِّينَ", "الْحُورِيُّونَ", "الْحُورِيِّ", "الْحُورِيِّينَ"]·ben["-হোরীয়", "-হোরীয়দের", "-হোরীয়রা", "হোরীয়দের"]·DE["der-Choriter", "der-Horite", "der-Horites", "des-Choriters", "die-Choriter"]·EN["the-Horite", "the-Horites"]·FR["le-Horite", "le-Horites"]·heb["ה-חורי", "ה-חורים", "ה-חרי"]·HI["-होरी", "होरि", "होरी", "होरी-के"]·ID["orang-Hori"]·IT["il-Horite", "il-Horites"]·jav["tiyang-Hori"]·KO["그-호리인", "그-호리인들이", "호리-사람의", "호리를"]·PT["o-Chori", "o-horeu", "o-horita", "os-horeus"]·RU["-Хорим", "-Хорреев", "Хорреянина"]·ES["el-horeo", "los-horeos"]·SW["Mhorini", "Wahori"]·TR["-Horileri", "-Horlu", "-Horluların", "Horlular", "Horlular'ı"]·urd["-حوری", "-حوریوں", "حوری", "حوری-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. חֹרִי, חוֹרִי adj., usually n.pr.gent. et pers. (prob. = cave-dweller, so Thes Rob-Ges. MV VB; v. also W Max Müll Asien u. Europa 136, 155, 156)— 1. adj. gent. שֵׂעִיר הַח׳ Gn 36:20 Seir the Horite (P); read הַח׳ also v 2 for MT הַחִוִּי. 2. n.pr.gent. always c. art.; usually sg. coll. הַחֹרִי, ancient inhabitants of land of Edom Gn 14:6 (בְּהַרֲרָם שֵׂעִיר); in P called בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר…