A race of early dwellers in mount Seir, whence they were expelled by the Edomites, Ge 14:6; De 2:12,22. They are supposed to have lived in caves, like the men referred to in Job 30:6, and to have been divided into several tribes, Ge 36:20-30.
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitant of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. read more. And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. And these are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, And Manahath, And Ebal, Shepho And Onam. And these are the sons of Zibeon: both Ajah And Anah. This is the Anah that found the warm springs in the wilderness as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. And these are the sons of Anah: Dishon, And Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. And these are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, And Eshban, And Ithran, And Cheran. these are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, And Zaavan, And Akan. these are the sons of Dishan: Uz And Aran. These are the chiefs of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
And in Seir dwelt the Horites in times past; and the children of Esau dispossessed them, and destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did to the land of their possession, which Jehovah gave to them.)
as he did to the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, from before whom he destroyed the Horites; and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their stead, even to this day.
To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks: