Hamor in the Bible

Meaning: an ass; clay; dirt

Exact Match

He purchased a section of the field where he had pitched his tent from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for 100 qesitahs.

Verse ConceptsProperty, LandSilverTentsReal EstateLarge Denominations

Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, “My son Shechem is strongly attracted to your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

Verse ConceptsMen And Women Who LovedGiving In Marriagehumor

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men there.

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The Gateway

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went away.

Verse ConceptsTaking Other People

Thematic Bible



He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for one hundred pieces of money.

Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.

Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is Zebul not his lieutenant? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?


Let my soul not enter into their council;
Let not my glory be united with their assembly;
Because in their anger they slew men,
And in their self-will they lamed oxen.

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went forth.


From there they were removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.


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