Hori

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Hori: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Horite: NET AVS NIV NASB TEV
Horites: NET NIV NRSV NASB

son of Lotan son of Seir
father of Shaphat, the Simeonite that spied in Canaan
resident(s) of the region of Mount Seir

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a prince; freeborn

Hebrew

Strongs #02753: yrx Choriy or yrwx Chowriy

Hori = "cave dweller"

1) a Horite, son of Lotan, the son of Seir
2) a Simeonite, father of Shaphat

2753 Choriy kho-ree'

or Chowriy {kho-ree'}; the same as 2752; Chori, the name of
two men:-Hori.
see HEBREW for 02752

Strongs #02752: yrx Choriy

Horite = "cave dweller"

1) the inhabitants of Mount Seir
2) the inhabitants of Edom (in later times)

2752 Choriy kho-ree'

from 2356; cave-dweller or troglodyte; a Chorite or
aboriginal Idumaean:-Horims, Horites.
see HEBREW for 02356

Horites [EBD]

cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was "Seir," who probably gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch of the Hivites (Gen. 14:6; 36:20-30; 1 Chr. 1:38, 39). They were dispossessed by the descendants of Esau, and as a people gradually became extinct (Deut. 2:12-22).

Hori [NAVE]

HORI
1. Son of Lotan, Gen. 36:22, 30; 1 Chr. 1:39.
2. A Simeonite, Num. 13:5.

HORI [SMITH]

(cave-dweller).

1. A Horite, son of Lotan the son of Seir. (Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1:39; Genesis 36:30)
2. A man of Simeon, father of Shaphat. (Numbers 13:5)

HORIM [SMITH]

and Ho?rites (descendants of Hori), the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, (Genesis 14:6) and probably allied to the Emim and Raphaim. The name Horite appears to have been derived from their habits as "cave-dwellers" Their excavated dwellings are still found in hundreds in the sandstone cliffs and mountains of Edom, and especially in Petra.

HORI [ISBE]

HORI - ho'-ri (chori, "cave-dweller"):

(1) A Horite descendant of Esau (Gen 36:22; 1 Ch 1:39).

(2) A Simonite, father of Shaphat, one of the twelve spies (Nu 13:5).

HORITE; HORIM [ISBE]

HORITE; HORIM - ho'-rit, ho'-rim (chori, chorim; Chorraioi): Denoted the inhabitants of Mt. Seir before its occupation by the Edomites (Dt 2:12). Seir is accordingly called Horite in Gen 36:20,30, where a list of his descendants is given, who afterward mixed with the invading Edomites. Esau himself married the daughter of the Horite chieftain Anah (Gen 36:25; see 36:2, where "Hivite" must be corrected into "Horite"). The "Horites" in their "Mt. Seir" were among the nations defeated by the army of Chedorlaomer in the age of Abraham (Gen 14:6). The Hebrew Horitc, however, is the Khar of the Egyptian inscriptions, a name given to the whole of Southern Palestine and Edom as well as to the adjacent sea. In accordance with this we find in the Old Testament also traces of the existence of the Horites in other parts of the country besides Mt. Seir. In Gen 34:2; Josh 9:7, the Septuagint (Cod. A) more correctly reads "Horite" instead of "Hivite" for the inhabitants of Shechem and Gibeon, and Caleb is said to be "the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah" or Bethlehem (1 Ch 2:50; 4:4). Hor or Horite has sometimes been explained to mean "cave-dweller"; it more probably, however, denotes the "white" race. The Horites were Semites, and consequently are distinguished in Dt 2:12 from the tall race of Rephaim.

A. H. Sayce