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Strong's H8165 שֵׂעִיר (seir)

Se`iyr - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Strong's Number H8165
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 38
Books 9

Strong's H8165 Quick Answer

Strong's H8165 שֵׂעִיר (Se`iyr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Se`iyr (say-eer') n/p. 1. rough 2. Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Israel It has 38 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include seir. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Se`iyr (say-eer') n/p. 1. rough 2. Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Israel
Usage
38 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
seir

Meaning and Definition

Se`iyr (say-eer') n/p. 1. rough 2. Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Israel [formed like H8163] KJV: Seir. Root(s): H8163

Original Word
שֵׂעִיר
Transliteration
Se`iyr
Derivation
Root: שׂער First root strongs: 8163
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8165. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Seir

Usage: § Seir = "hairy" or "shaggy" n pr terr 2) the land of Edom, south of the Dead Sea n pr mont 3) a mountain range in Edom extending from the Dead Sea to the Elanitic Gulf 3a) apparently also called 'Mount Seir' and extending most of the distance of the mountain range itself 4) a mountain in northern Judah lying westward from Kirjath-jearim

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How Strong's H8165 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Se`iyr, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Seir Genesis 14:6 38×

How Strong's H8165 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 38 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8165 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8165 in the Old Testament

38 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 14:6 KJV

And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 32:3 KJV

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 33:14 KJV

Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

Usage Excerpts

First 38 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8165.

Genesis 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
Genesis 32:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis 33:14 Old Testament, KJV
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
Genesis 33:16 Old Testament, KJV
So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
Genesis 36:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Genesis 36:9 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
Genesis 36:20 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
Genesis 36:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
Genesis 36:30 Old Testament, KJV
Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
Numbers 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
Deuteronomy 1:2 Old Testament, KJV
(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
Deuteronomy 1:44 Old Testament, KJV
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
Deuteronomy 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
Deuteronomy 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
Deuteronomy 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
Deuteronomy 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
Deuteronomy 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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:
Deuteronomy 2:29 Old Testament, KJV
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
Deuteronomy 33:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Joshua 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
Joshua 12:7 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
Joshua 15:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
Joshua 24:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
Judges 5:4 Old Testament, KJV
LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
1 Chronicles 1:38 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
1 Chronicles 4:42 Old Testament, KJV
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
2 Chronicles 20:10 Old Testament, KJV
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
2 Chronicles 20:22 Old Testament, KJV
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
2 Chronicles 20:23 Old Testament, KJV
For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
2 Chronicles 25:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
2 Chronicles 25:14 Old Testament, KJV
Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
Isaiah 21:11 Old Testament, KJV
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
Ezekiel 25:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen;
Ezekiel 35:2 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
Ezekiel 35:3 Old Testament, KJV
And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
Ezekiel 35:7 Old Testament, KJV
Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
Ezekiel 35:15 Old Testament, KJV
As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8165, grouped by book.

Genesis 9 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 10 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 4 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 5 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H8165 FAQ

What does seir (שֵׂעִיר) mean?

Seir (Strong's H8165) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Seir". Se`iyr (say-eer') n/p. 1. rough 2. Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Israel

How many times is seir (שֵׂעִיר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 38 linked usages for Strong's H8165 across 9 books.

Where can I study seir (שֵׂעִיר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8165 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate seir (שֵׂעִיר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as seir. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.