Seir

Shaggy. (1) The Horite (Gen. 36:20–21; 1 Chr. 1:38).

(2) Mount Seir, or land of Seir; the mountain ridge that ran south from the Dead Sea through the land of Edom; originally inhabited by Horites (Gen. 14:6); Esau’s possession (Gen. 36:8–9, 30; Deut. 2:5; Josh. 24:4); passed through by Jacob (Gen. 32:3; 33:14, 16); by the Israelites (Deut. 1:44; 2:1; 2 Chr. 20:10; see also Isa. 21:11; Ezek. 25:8; 35).

(3) Another Mount Seir, between Kirjath-jearim and Beth-shemesh (Josh. 15:10).