Seir: Rough; hairy.1. A Horite; one of the "dukes" of Edom
(Genesis 36:20-30)
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
(Genesis 14:6) who were afterwards driven out by the
Edomites
(Genesis 32:3; 33:14,16) It was allotted to the descendants of
Esau
(Deuteronomy 2:4,22; Joshua 24:4; 2 Chronicles 20:10; Isaiah 21:11; Exodus 25:8)
3. A mountain range (not the Edomite range,)
(Genesis 32:3) lying between
the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab
(Joshua 15:10)
