Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Rough; hairy. ) A Horite; one of the “dukes” of Edom (Gen. 36:20-30). ) 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).
) A mountain range (not the Edomite range, Gen. 32:3) lying between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab (Josh. 15:10).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(hairy, Shaggy),
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
SE'IR(hairy),a Horite chief who gave his name, probably, to the mountainous region wherein he lived. Gen 36:20.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
SE'IR (hairy), the name of a region and of a place. The land or mount of Seir was a mountain-district extending from the Dead Sea to the eastern arm of the Red Sea. It was bounded on the east by the Arabian desert, and on the west by the deep valley of the Arabah. The mountains are of sandstone and granite, the principal peak being Mount Hor, which is 4800 feet high. This district was anciently inhabited by the Horites. Gen 14:6; Deut 2:12. Afterward, Seir was the possession of Esau and his posterity. Gen 32:3; Gen 33:14, Jer 33:16; Gen 36:8-9; Deut 2:4, Num 2:22; 2 Chr 20:10.
Hence, Seir sometimes means Edom. The Israelites, when refused permission to go to Moab through Edom, marched round the mountain, down the Arabah, between the limestone cliffs of the Tih on the west and the granite range of Mount Seir on the east, until they could turn to the left and march north toward Moab. Mount Seir, a place noted as one of the landmarks in the boundary of Judah. Josh 15:10. It was between Kirjathjearim and Beth-shemesh. and may be the high ridge between the Wady Aly and the Wady Ghurab.
In the pass leading to Beit Ainun, near Tekua, is the modern village of Sair among the hills which may be its site, but Conder suggests Bath es Saghar as the Seir of 2 Chr 20:23.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
Seirath, hairy; goat; demon; tempest