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Seir

An Edomite, in the time of the Patriarchs · Edom · named in 3 verses

the name means rough Strong's Lexicon

Seir was a Horite chief and an ancestor of the Horites who inhabited the land of Seir.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Rough; hairy. (1.) A Horite; one of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen. 36:20-30).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Genesis 36:20.

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Verses that name Seir