Hori

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Lotan, son of Seir, brother to Hemam (Genesis 36:22-30). The HORITES (troglodytes or inhabitants of caves, probably excavators of the remarkable ones near Petra) inhabited mount Seir (the thickly bushy, or rugged, shaggy) before Esau's invasion (Genesis 14:6; Deuteronomy 2:12; Deuteronomy 2:22; Job 30:6-7).

2. Numbers 13:5.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 36:222Numbers 13:5

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HORI. 1. A son of Seir ( Genesis 36:22 = 1 Chronicles 1:39 ). 2. The father of Shaphat the Simeonite spy ( Numbers 13:5 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Lotan, a descendant of Seir the Horite. Genesis 36:22,30; 1 Chronicles 1:39 .

2. Father of Shaphat of the tribe of Simeon. Numbers 13:5 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ho'ri. (cave-dweller).

1. A Horite, son of Lotan, the son of Seir. Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1:39; Genesis 36:30.

2. A man of Simeon, father of Shaphat. Numbers 13:5.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

hō´rı̄ ( ע ֿ2 חורי נ , חרי , ḥōrı̄ , "cave-dweller"):

(1) A H orite descendant of Esau (Genesis 36:22; 1 Chronicles 1:39 ).

(2) A S imonite, father of Shaphat, one of the twelve spies (Numbers 13:5 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Chori', חֹרַי or חוֹרַי, prob. a "troglodyte," or dweller in a cave, חֹל, otherwise an auger; Sept. Χοῤῥοί, Οὐρί, and Χοῤῥέ; Vulg. Hori and Hurt), the name of two men.

1. A son of Lotan and grandson of Seir, of the aboriginal inhabitants of Idumaea (Genesis 36:12; 1 Chronicles 1:39). B.C. cir. 1964.

2. The father of Shaphat, which latter was the commissioner of the tribe of Simeon sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan (Numbers 13:5). B.C. ante 1657.

3. (Genesis 36:30.) (See Horite).