Horite

[ hawr-ahyt, hohr- ]

noun

1. an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
2. a member of this people.

Example Sentences

Before the Pyramid Age the Osirian and Horite cults had been blended, and Horus became the son of Osiris.

From Project Gutenberg

Carefully and laboriously over two seasons, Perrot uncovered the Horite village.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most extraordinary thing about the Horite dwellings was that they were completely furnished.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rizpah, the Horite, in her old age, talks of Saul to the wife of Armoni, her son.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not the desire of Saul to deal thus with the Gibeonites, for he, the husband of a Horite, was never a fool in his wrath for his God; but Samuel, whom he dreaded more than the Philistines, bade him.

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