| Ho'rim and Ho'rites
Of mount Seir
Ho'rim and Ho'rites (descendants of Hori), the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, Gen. 14:6, and probably allied to the Emim and Rephaim. 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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Emims: OT:368
'Eymiym (ay-meem'); plural of OT:367; terrors; Emim, an early Canaanitish (or Maobitish) tribe:
KJV - Emims. |
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OT:367
'eymah (ay-maw'); or (shortened) 'emah (ay-maw'); from the same as OT:366; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear):
KJV - dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror. |
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OT:366
'ayom (aw-yome'); from an unused root (meaning to frighten); frightful:
KJV - terrible. |
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Zuzims: OT:2104
Zuwziym (zoo-zeem'); plural probably from the same as OT:2123; prominent; Zuzites, an aboriginal tribe of Palestine:
KJV - Zuzims. |
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OT:2123
ziyz (zeez); from an unused root apparently meaning to be conspicuous; fulness of the breast; also a moving creature:
KJV - abundance, wild beast. |
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Horites: OT:2752
Choriy (kho-ree'); from OT:2356; cave-dweller or troglodyte; a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean:
KJV - Horims, Horites. |
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OT:2356
chowr (khore); or (shortened) chor (khore); the same as OT:2352; a cavity, socket, den:
KJV - cave, hole. |
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OT:2352
chuwr (khoor); or (shortened) chur (khoor); from an unused root probably meaning to bore; the crevice of a serpent; the cell of a prison: -hole. |
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Rephaims: OT:7497
rapha' (raw-faw'); or raphah (raw-faw'); from OT:7495 in the sense of invigorating; a giant:
KJV - giant, Rapha, Rephaim (-s). See also OT:1051. |
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OT:7495
rapha' (raw-faw'); or raphah (raw-faw'); a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure: |
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OT:1051
Beyth Rapha' (bayth raw-faw'); from OT:1004 and OT:7497; house of (the) giant; Beth-Rapha, an Israelite: |
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