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HORI - H>@ - (cave-dweller). A Horite, son of Lotan the son of Seir. kjv@Genesis:36:22; kjv@1Chronicles:1:39; kjv@Genesis:36:30) A man of Simeon, father of Shaphat. kjv@Numbers:13:5)



HORIM - H>@ - and Ho’rites (descendants of Hori), the aboriginal inhabitants of Mount Seir, kjv@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.