Difference between revisions of "Horite; Horim"

<p> ''''' hō´rı̄t ''''' , ''''' hō´rim ''''' ( חרי , <i> ''''' ḥōrı̄ ''''' </i> , חרים , <i> ''''' ḥōrı̄m ''''' </i> ; Χορραῖοι , <i> ''''' Chorraı́oi ''''' </i> ): Denoted the inhabitants of Mt. [[Seir]] before its occupation by the [[Edomites]] (&nbsp; Deuteronomy 2:12 ). Seir is accordingly called [[Horite]] in &nbsp;Genesis 36:20 , &nbsp;Genesis 36:30 , where a list of his descendants is given, who afterward mixed with the invading Edomites. [[Esau]] himself married the daughter of the Horite chieftain [[Anah]] (&nbsp;Genesis 36:25; see &nbsp;Genesis 36:2 , where "Hivite" must be corrected into "Horite"). The "Horites" in their "Mt. Seir" were among the nations defeated by the army of [[Chedorlaomer]] in the age of [[Abraham]] (&nbsp;Genesis 14:6 ). The [[Hebrew]] Horitc, however, is the Khar of the [[Egyptian]] inscriptions, a name given to the whole of Southern [[Palestine]] and [[Edom]] as well as to the adjacent sea. In accordance with this we find in the Old [[Testament]] also traces of the existence of the [[Horites]] in other parts of the country besides Mt. Seir. In &nbsp;Genesis 34:2; &nbsp;Joshua 9:7 , the [[Septuagint]] (Cod. A) more correctly reads "Horite" instead of "Hivite" for the inhabitants of [[Shechem]] and Gibeon, and [[Caleb]] is said to be "the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah" or [[Bethlehem]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:50; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:4 ). [[Hor]] or Horite has sometimes been explained to mean "cave-dweller"; it more probably, however, denotes the "white" race. The Horites were Semites, and consequently are distinguished in &nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:12 from the tall race of Rephaim. </p>

<p> ''''' hō´rı̄t ''''' , ''''' hō´rim ''''' ( חרי , <i> ''''' ḥōrı̄ ''''' </i> , חרים , <i> ''''' ḥōrı̄m ''''' </i> ; Χορραῖοι , <i> ''''' Chorraı́oi ''''' </i> ): Denoted the inhabitants of Mt. [[Seir]] before its occupation by the [[Edomites]] (&nbsp; Deuteronomy 2:12 ). Seir is accordingly called [[Horite]] in &nbsp;Genesis 36:20 , &nbsp;Genesis 36:30 , where a list of his descendants is given, who afterward mixed with the invading Edomites. [[Esau]] himself married the daughter of the Horite chieftain [[Anah]] (&nbsp;Genesis 36:25; see &nbsp;Genesis 36:2 , where "Hivite" must be corrected into "Horite"). The "Horites" in their "Mt. Seir" were among the nations defeated by the army of [[Chedorlaomer]] in the age of [[Abraham]] (&nbsp;Genesis 14:6 ). The [[Hebrew]] Horitc, however, is the Khar of the [[Egyptian]] inscriptions, a name given to the whole of Southern [[Palestine]] and [[Edom]] as well as to the adjacent sea. In accordance with this we find in the Old [[Testament]] also traces of the existence of the [[Horites]] in other parts of the country besides Mt. Seir. In &nbsp;Genesis 34:2; &nbsp;Joshua 9:7 , the [[Septuagint]] (Cod. A) more correctly reads "Horite" instead of "Hivite" for the inhabitants of [[Shechem]] and Gibeon, and [[Caleb]] is said to be "the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah" or [[Bethlehem]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 2:50; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:4 ). [[Hor]] or Horite has sometimes been explained to mean "cave-dweller"; it more probably, however, denotes the "white" race. The Horites were Semites, and consequently are distinguished in &nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:12 from the tall race of Rephaim. </p>

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