Lexical Definition

‎חֹרִי‎ Chôrîy (kho-ree') Horite ^N:N--LG
from ‎חוֹר‎; cave-dweller or troglodyte

Horims, Horites.

• § Horite = "cave dweller"
• a Chorite or aboriginal Idumaean

1) the inhabitants of Mount Seir
2) the inhabitants of Edom (in later times)

Extended Information

group of: חֹרִי

• Someone descended from Hori who was aomeone descended from Hori, a man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.22
• son of: Lotan (לוֹטָן)
• brother of: Hemam (הוֹמָם)
• Group of cho.ri (‎ח‎ֹ‎ר‎ִ‎י‎ "Hori" חֹרִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎חֹרִי‎, ‎חוֺרִי‎ proper name, of a people see below III. ‎חרר‎. ‎חֲרֵי יוֺנים‎, ‎חֲרֵיהֶם‎ see [ ‎חרא‎, ‎חרי‎].

II. ‎חֹרִי‎, ‎חוֺרִי‎ adjective, usually proper name, of a people or person (probably = cave-dweller, so Thes Rob Ges MV VB; see also W Max Müll^{Asien u. Europa 136, 155, 156}) —

1. adjective, of a people ‎׳‎‎שֵׂעִיר הַח‎ Gen 36:20 Seir the Horite (P); read ‎׳‎‎הַחִ‎ also vGen 36:2 for ᵑ0 ‎הַחִוִּי‎

2. proper name, of a people always with article; usually singular collective ‎הַחֹרִיִ‎, ancient inhabitants of land of Edom Gen 14:6 (‎בְּהַרֲרָם שֵׂעִיר‎); in P called ‎בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֺם‎ Gen 36:21 (see vGen 36:20); compare vGen 36:29 vGen 36:30 according to Deut 2:12 (where alone ‎הַחֹרִים‎), vDeut 2:22 they were driven out by sons of Esau (yet see Gen 36:1 c. and Di); ᵐ5 ὁ Ξορραιος, οἱ Ξορραιοι, (Gen 36:29; Gen 36:30 Ξορρ(ε)ι).

3. proper name, masculine person
a. ‎חֹרִי‎ an Edomite Gen 36:22 = 1Chr 1:39 ᵐ5 Ξορρ(ε)ι.
b. ‎חִוֺרי‎ a Simeonite Num 13:5, but ᵐ5 Σουρ(ε)ι, ᵐ5^L Σουδρι. — I. ‎חֹרִי‎ see below I. ‎חור‎.

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