Horites
Horites
cave-men, a race of Troglodytes who dwelt in the limestone caves which abounded in Edom. Their ancestor was “Seir,” who probably gave his name to the district where he lived. They were a branch of the Hivites (Gen. 14:6; 36:20-30; 1 Chr. 1:38, 39). They were dispossessed by the descendants of Esau, and as a people gradually became extinct (Deut. 2:12-22).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
HORITES
The Horites were the original inhabitants of the region around Mt Seir, south of the Dead Sea. When Esau and his descendants moved into the region, they overpowered the Horites and took possession of the land for themselves. It became part of the land of Edom, and the remaining Horites were absorbed into the Edomites (Gen 14:6; Gen 36:20-21; Deu 2:12; Deu 2:22; see EDOM).
Fuente: Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
Horites
HORITES.The pre-Edomitic inhabitants of Seir or Edom according to Gen 14:6 (a late passage) and Deu 2:12; Deu 2:22 (D [Note: Deuteronomist.] 2). Apparently they commingled with the Edomite invaders, for Gen 36:20-21; Gen 36:29 (P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] 3) counts them among the descendants of Esau. The name is usually taken to mean cave-dwellers, and this is probably correct. There are many tombs in the rocks at Petra (cf. Robinson, BRP [Note: RP Biblical Researches in Palestine.] 2 ii. 129, 134), and some of these, like some at Beit Jibrin and some recently discovered at Gezer (cf. PEFSt [Note: Quarterly Statement of the same.] , 1902, pp. 345 ff., and 1903, pp. 912) may have been used as dwellings originally. Sayce (HCM [Note: CM Higher Criticism and the Monuments.] 203 ff.) derives the name from a root meaning white as contrasted with the red-skinned Edomites, while Hommei (AHT [Note: HT Ancient Hebrew Tradition.] 261 ff.) takes it as a form of Garu (or Kharu) of one of the Amarna tablets. Kharu was, however, in Egyptian a name for all the inhabitants of Syria (cf. W. M. Mller, Asien und Europa, 148 ff.), and can hardly be connected with Horites. Driver (Deut. p. 38) favours the explanation as equivalent to cave-dwellers or troglodytes.
George A. Barton.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Horites
An ancient people, who dwelt in mount Seir. (Gen 14:6) Perhaps, in latter days, they were mingled with, and lost their name in the Edomites, or children of Esau. (Deu 2:1, etc.)
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Horites
Horites or Horim. The people who inhabited Mount Seir before the Edomites [IDUMEA].