Hori
The Horites were a people group who inhabited the region of Seir before the Edomites.
The name Hori means “a prince; freeborn”
MaleEdomiteEdomPatriarchs eraOld Testament3 books9 verses
Summary
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Genesis 36:22; referred to as Hori or Horite (חֹרִי) or Horite (חֹרִי); son of Lotan; a brother of Hemam.
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- …and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.
- These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
- Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.
- The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.
- These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
- Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.
- 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.)
- …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.
- The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.