Horites
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A Canaanite tribe from the mountains of Seir. Dispossessed of the land by the descendants of Esau prior to Israel’s conquest of Canaan. Possibly related to the Hurrians of the second millennium bc, though more plausibly related to the Hivites in the Bible.
Horites
HORITES [Heb ḥōrı̂ (חֹרִי)]. A tribe or group of tribes in the mountains of Seir (Gen 14:6; 36:20–30; Deut 2:12, 22). According to Gen 14:6 and Deut 2:12, 22, the Horites inhabited the country of Seir until they were conquered and expelled by the Edomites. This, however, is a reconstruction of Edomite
Horite, Horim
Horite, Horim. Cave dwellers of Mt Seir, according to tradition. These pre-Edomites were called the children of Seir (Gn 36:20). In the Bible they were defeated by Chedorlaomer and his allies (14:6). They were governed by chieftains (36:29, 30), and eventually destroyed by the descendants of Esau (2:12,
Horites
Horites hōʹrīts [ḥōrî, pl ḥōrîm; LXX Chorraioi]. The original inhabitants of Edom (Gen. 36:20–30) before the area was occupied by the Edomites, the descendants of Esau, who displaced them (Dt. 2:12, 22). They are also included among the peoples defeated by Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:6). Their ancestor
Horites
HORITES Cave dwellers of Mt Seir, according to tradition. These pre-Edomites were called the children of Seir (Gn 36:20). In the Bible they were defeated by Kedorlaomer and his allies (14:6). They were governed by chieftains (36:29–30), and eventually destroyed by the descendants of Esau (Dt 2:12, 22).
Horites
Horites (hor´its), in the Bible the pre-Edomite inhabitants of Seir (Gen. 14:6; 36:20–30; Deut. 2:12, 22), the chief mountain of Edom. The name was traditionally derived from Hebrew khor, “hole,” and interpreted as meaning “cave dwellers,” though there is little archaeological evidence for cave dwelling
Horites, Horim
HORITES, HORIM. The ancient inhabitants of Edom, defeated by Chedorlaomer (Gn. 14:6), said to be the descendants of Seir the Horite (Gn. 36:20) and an ethnic group distinct from Rephaim. They were driven out by the sons of Esau (Dt. 2:12, 22). Esau himself seems to have married the daughter of a Horite
Horites
HORITES The Horites probably originated in the hills of Zagrus and Armenia. They are heard of for the first time in a document from the time of Sargon of Accad (24th century bc), when they already had a kingdom beyond the Tigris (Hiddekel). From this kingdom they began their slow but steady penetration
Horites
HORITES Also the Horim, Hivites, Hurrians, and Mitanni, a people of western Asia who settled in the Near East in the third millennium b.c. and invaded Mesopotamia and Palestine in the second millennium b.c. Their activities were well attested in ancient sources, especially as a result of their dealings