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Smith’s Bible Dictionary · 1884

Horim

and Ho’rites (descendants of Hori), the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, (Genesis 14:6) and probably allied to the Emim and Raphaim. The name Horite appears to have been derived from their habits as “cave-dwellers” Their excavated dwellings are still found in hundreds in the sandstone cliffs and mountains of Edom, and especially in Petra.

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith, revised and edited by F. N. and M. A. Peloubet (1884). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: words our source left outside its paragraphs put back in them.