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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.).¹ Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help ) Seir - שֵׂעִיר "Rough; hairy", Standard Hebrew Seʿir , Tiberian Hebrew Śēʿîr (1.) A Horite; one of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen. 36:20-30). After whom a southern mountain land was named whence The Lord is said to rise up from.² (2.) The name of a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the south-eastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near the Akabah, or the eastern branch of the Red Sea . It was originally occupied by the Horites (Gen. 14:6), who were afterwards driven out by the Edomites (Gen. 32:3; 33:14, 16). (3.) A mountain range (not the Edomite range, Gen. 32:3) lying between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab (Josh. 15:10).³

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Seir ( Hebrew : שֵׂעִיר , Modern : Se'ir , Tiberian : Śēʻîr , "Rough, hairy"). It is sometimes used as an alternative term for a goat , as in "Seir La'Azazel" (שעיר לעזאזל - Scapegoat ). Ancestor of the "dukes of the Horites " in the land of Seir, later Edom (Gen. 36:20-30). Mount Seir , a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites, extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the south-eastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near the Akabah, or the eastern branch of the Red Sea . It was originally occupied by the Horites (Gen. 14:6), who were afterwards driven out by the Edomites (Gen. 32:3; 33:14, 16). Seir (demon) , prince of Hell in demonology. A mountain range (not the Edomite range, Gen. 32:3) lying between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab (Josh. 15:10). This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). Nelson and Sons. : Missing or empty |title= ( help )

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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Seir ( Hebrew : שֵׂעִיר , Modern : Se'ir , Tiberian : Śēʻîr , "Rough, hairy"). It is sometimes used as an alternative term for a goat , as in Seir La'Azazel (שעיר לעזאזל - scapegoat ). Seir - "Prince" in Ancient Egyptian , a name used by the Egyptians to refer the god of the dead known to the Greeks as Osiris . The term "Seir" was also used by the Egyptians to refer to the constellation Orion , which was considered to be a representation of the god Osiris in the heavens. In Biblical Astronomy , (the study of "the Gospel in the Stars," an examination of the constellations in Earth’s night sky to discern the hidden allegorical message within them}, Seir refers is a star in the constellation Orion, considered to be a Messiah figure representing Christ . . Ancestor of the "dukes of the Horites " in the land of Seir, later Edom (Gen. 36:20-30). Mount Seir , a mountainous region occupied by the Edomites , extending along the eastern side of the Arabah from the south-eastern extremity of the Dead Sea to near the Akabah, or the eastern branch of the Red Sea . It was originally occupied by the Horites ( Genesis 14:6), who were afterwards driven out by the Edomites (Gen. 32:3; 33:14, 16). An Arab village north of Hebron , also spelled Sa'ir or Si`ir. It has rock-cut burial caves, one attributed to Esau , the "hairy-one". Believed to be the site of Tsi`or or Zior (ציער), mentioned in the Book of Joshua 15:54. Seir (demon) , prince of Hell in demonology. A mountain range (not the Edomite range, Gen. 32:3) lying between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab (Josh. 15:10).

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Look up seir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seir or SEIR may refer to: Mount Seir , a mountainous region stretching between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba Seir the Horite, chief of the Horites , a people mentioned in the Torah Sa'ir , also Seir, a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate in the West Bank Seir, a demon in the Ars Goetia Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR), is a mid-ocean ridge in the southern Indian Ocean SEIR model, a compartmental model in epidemiology Single-engine instrument rating , an aircraft pilot qualification

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