Bible Location
Meaning: Seirath · 24 cross references · Modern-day map available
Seir is the mountainous region south of the Dead Sea and east of the Arabah, closely associated with Edom and the descendants of Esau. It is important because it names the hill country that became Edom's homeland and appears in Israel's memory of kinship, wilderness travel, and later conflict. First appears in Gen 14:6.1
Place meaning
Seirath
Coordinates
30.73, 35.61
First appears
Gen 14:6
AI summary: Seir is one of the key names for the highland territory later tied to Edom. In the patriarchal and wilderness traditions it is linked with Esau and his descendants, helping define the relationship between Israel and its close southern neighbour. Because of that, Seir appears in passages dealing with boundaries, travel, and inherited territory, but it also carries the memory of strained relations and later judgment. The cross references present Seir as the mountain world of Edom, where geography and kinship history are tightly joined.1
Place meaning
Seirath
Latitude
30.73
Longitude
35.61
Bible references
24
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 (Gen. 14:6), who were afterwards driven out by the Edomites (Gen. 32:3; 33:14, 16). It was allotted to the descendants of Esau (Deut. 2:4, 22; Josh. 24:4; 2 Chr. 20:10; Isa. 21:11; Exek. 25:8). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.