H2753 H2753
Horite, member of the pre-Edomite cave-dwelling people of Seir; also a personal name in Simeon's genealogy
An adjective and gentilicname derived from hor ('cave, hole'), designating the indigenous cave-dwelling population of the Seir region before the Edomite conquest. Genesis 36 identifies Seir as 'the Horite' and lists the Horite chiefs as the original inhabitants of the land. Deuteronomy 2:12, 22 records that the sons of Esau dispossessed them, just as Israel dispossessed the Canaanites. The name also appears once as a personal name in the tribe of Simeon (Num 13:5).
Senses
1. sense 1 — The gentilicdesignation for the pre-Edomite inhabitants of Mount Seir, understood as 'cave-dwellers' (from hor, 'cave'). Genesis 36:20-30 provides the most detailed account, listing Seir haHori and his descendants as the original clans of the region. In 1 Chronicles 1:39, Hori appears as a son of Lotan, a Horite chief. The name also occurs as a personal name in Numbers 13:5 for the father of Shaphat, the spy from Simeon. English and Spanish transliterate as 'Horite/horeo,' while French and German sometimes preserve the Hebrew in brackets, reflecting uncertainty about whether to treat it as a proper noun or ethnic adjective. 4×
AR["الْحُورِيِّينَ", "حوري", "حُورِي", "حُورِيُ"]·ben["-হোরীয়দের", "হোরী", "হোরীর।"]·DE["Chori", "Hori", "[חרי]", "der-Choriter"]·EN["Chori", "Hori", "the-Horite"]·FR["Hori", "[חרי]", "le-Horite"]·heb["ה-חרי", "חורי", "חרי"]·HI["होरी", "होरी-का", "होरी-के"]·ID["Hori", "orang-Hori"]·IT["Hori", "[חרי]", "il-Horite"]·jav["Hori", "Khori", "tiyang-Hori"]·KO["호리", "호리-사람의", "호리와"]·PT["Chori", "o-horita"]·RU["Хори", "Хорреянина"]·ES["Horí", "Jori", "el-horeo"]·SW["Hori", "Mhorini", "wa-Hori"]·TR["-Horluların", "Hori", "Hori'nin"]·urd["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…