Horite
Americannoun
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an ancient people of Edom living in the region of the Dead Sea, possibly identical with the Hurrians.
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a member of this people.
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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
Esau, the brother of Jacob, had already gathered around him a body of followers, and had married into the family of a Horite chief.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Horite and Amalekite Bedâwin were alike absorbed into the new-comers, whose position in Edom resembled that of the Israelites in Canaan.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Before the Pyramid Age the Osirian and Horite cults had been blended, and Horus became the son of Osiris.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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