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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74800" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74800" /> == | ||
<p> '''Se'irath.''' ''( | <p> '''Se'irath.''' ''(The Shaggy).'' The place to which [[Ehud]] fled, after his murder of Eglon. Judges 3:26-27. It was in "Mount Ephraim," Judges 3:27, a continuation, perhaps, of the same wooded, shaggy hills which stretched even so far south as to enter the territory of Judah, Joshua 15:10. (It is probably the same place as '''Seir, 2''' ). </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37316" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37316" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60246" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60246" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. with the art. has-Seirah', הִשַּׂעַירָה, '' | <p> (Heb. with the art. has-Seirah', הִשַּׂעַירָה, ''The Shaggy;'' Sept.; Σεειρωθά v.r. Σετειρωθά; Vulg. [[Seirath]] )'','' the place to which Ehud fled after his murder of [[Eglon]] ( Judges 3:26), and whither, by blasts of his cow horn, he collected his countrymen for the attack of the Moabites in [[Jericho]] ( Judges 3:27). It was in "Mount Ephraim" ( Judges 3:27), a continuation, perhaps, of the same rough wooded hills (such seems to be the signification of Seir) which stretched even so far south as to join the territory of Judah ( Joshua 15:10). The definite article prefixed to the name in the original shows that it was a well known spot in its day. — Smith. It is probably the same as Mount [[Seir]] (q.v.) just referred to, the Saris of the present day. </p> | ||
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Revision as of 10:35, 13 October 2021
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Se'irath. (The Shaggy). The place to which Ehud fled, after his murder of Eglon. Judges 3:26-27. It was in "Mount Ephraim," Judges 3:27, a continuation, perhaps, of the same wooded, shaggy hills which stretched even so far south as to enter the territory of Judah, Joshua 15:10. (It is probably the same place as Seir, 2 ).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
Where Ehud fled after murdering Eglon, and gathered Israel to attack the Moabites at Jericho. In Mount Ephraim, a continuation of the rugged, bushy ("like hair") hills which stretched to Judah's northern boundary ( Joshua 15:10; Judges 3:26-27).
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Judges 3:26Seirah
Morrish Bible Dictionary [4]
City in Ephraim. Judges 3:26 . Not identified.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
Judges 3:26,27
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(Heb. with the art. has-Seirah', הִשַּׂעַירָה, The Shaggy; Sept.; Σεειρωθά v.r. Σετειρωθά; Vulg. Seirath ), the place to which Ehud fled after his murder of Eglon ( Judges 3:26), and whither, by blasts of his cow horn, he collected his countrymen for the attack of the Moabites in Jericho ( Judges 3:27). It was in "Mount Ephraim" ( Judges 3:27), a continuation, perhaps, of the same rough wooded hills (such seems to be the signification of Seir) which stretched even so far south as to join the territory of Judah ( Joshua 15:10). The definite article prefixed to the name in the original shows that it was a well known spot in its day. — Smith. It is probably the same as Mount Seir (q.v.) just referred to, the Saris of the present day.
