Word Study · Strong's H8165 · Hebrew
שֵׂעִיר
Seir
say-eer'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Sêʻîyr
“Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Seir.
- 39occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 17inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 39 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 17
- שֵׂעִ֔יר8
- שֵׂעִ֖יר6
- שֵׂעִ֑יר4
- שֵׂעִיר֙3
- בְּשֵׂעִ֑יר2
- בְּשֵׂעִ֔יר2
- מִשֵּׂעִיר֙2
- שֵׂעִֽיר׃2
- שֵׂעִֽירָה׃2
- בְּשֵׂעִ֖יר1
- וּבְשֵׂעִ֞יר1
- וְשֵׂעִ֔יר1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 6
- Seir26
- in Seir5
- from Seir3
- Seir towards3
- and in Seir1
- and Seir1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- proper noun (a name)23
- preposition + proper noun (a name)8
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)3
- proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 23
- HR/Npl · 8
- HNpl/Sd · 3
- HNpm · 3
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/R/Npl · 1
All 39, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy10 of 39 · 26%
- Genesis9 of 39 · 23%
- 2 Chronicles6 of 39 · 15%
- Ezekiel5 of 39 · 13%
- Joshua4 of 39 · 10%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis9 occurrences
- Genesis 14:6שֵׂעִ֑ירseirproper noun (a name)and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.here: Seir
- Genesis 32:3שֵׂעִ֖ירseirproper noun (a name)Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.here: Seir
- Genesis 33:14שֵׂעִֽירָה׃seirahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”here: Seir towards
- Genesis 33:16שֵׂעִֽירָה׃seirahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,here: Seir towards
- Genesis 36:8שֵׂעִ֔ירseirproper noun (a name)So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.here: Seir
- Genesis 36:9שֵׂעִֽיר׃seirproper noun (a name)This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.here: Seir
- Genesis 36:20שֵׂעִיר֙seirproper noun (a name)These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,here: Seir
- Genesis 36:21שֵׂעִ֖ירseirproper noun (a name)Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.here: Seir
- Genesis 36:30שֵׂעִֽיר׃ פseirproper noun (a name)Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.here: Seir
Numbers1 occurrence
Deuteronomy10 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:2שֵׂעִ֑ירseirproper noun (a name)It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.here: Seir
- Deuteronomy 1:44בְּשֵׂעִ֖ירbeseirpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.here: in Seir
- Deuteronomy 2:1שֵׂעִ֖ירseirproper noun (a name)Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.here: Seir
- Deuteronomy 2:4בְּשֵׂעִ֑ירbeseirpreposition + proper noun (a name)and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.here: in Seir
- Deuteronomy 2:5שֵׂעִֽיר׃seirproper noun (a name)Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.here: Seir
- Deuteronomy 2:8בְּשֵׂעִ֔ירbeseirpreposition + proper noun (a name)So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.here: in Seir
- Deuteronomy 2:12וּבְשֵׂעִ֞ירuveseirconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)here: and in Seir
- Deuteronomy 2:22בְּשֵׂעִ֑ירbeseirpreposition + proper noun (a name)just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.here: in Seir
- Deuteronomy 2:29בְּשֵׂעִ֔ירbeseirpreposition + proper noun (a name)just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”here: in Seir
- Deuteronomy 33:2מִשֵּׂעִיר֙miseirpreposition + proper noun (a name)He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.here: from Seir
Joshua4 occurrences
- Joshua 11:17שֵׂעִ֔ירseirproper noun (a name)from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.here: Seir
- Joshua 12:7שֵׂעִ֑ירָהseirahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritancehere: Seir towards
- Joshua 15:10שֵׂעִ֔ירseirproper noun (a name)The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.here: Seir
- Joshua 24:4שֵׂעִיר֙seirproper noun (a name)and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.here: Seir
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:38שֵׂעִ֔ירseirproper noun (a name)The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.here: Seir
- 1 Chronicles 4:42שֵׂעִ֔ירseirproper noun (a name)And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seirhere: Seir
2 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 20:10שֵׂעִ֗ירseirproper noun (a name)And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.here: Seir
- 2 Chronicles 20:22שֵׂעִ֛ירseirproper noun (a name)The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.here: Seir
- 2 Chronicles 20:23שֵׂעִ֖ירseirproper noun (a name)The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.here: Seir
- 2 Chronicles 20:23שֵׂעִ֔ירseirproper noun (a name)The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.here: Seir
- 2 Chronicles 25:11שֵׂעִ֖ירseirproper noun (a name)Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,here: Seir
- 2 Chronicles 25:14שֵׂעִ֔ירseirproper noun (a name)When Amaziah returned from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the Seirites, set them up as his own gods, bowed before them, and burned sacrifices to them.here: Seir
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 25:8וְשֵׂעִ֔ירveseirconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Moab and Seir said, “Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations,”here: and Seir
- Ezekiel 35:2שֵׂעִ֑ירseirproper noun (a name)“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,here: Seir
- Ezekiel 35:3שֵׂעִ֑ירseirproper noun (a name)and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.here: Seir
- Ezekiel 35:7שֵׂעִ֔ירseirproper noun (a name)I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.here: Seir
- Ezekiel 35:15שֵׂעִיר֙seirproper noun (a name)As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.here: Seir