Hor

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Hor
     mountain. (1.) One of the mountains of the chain of Seir or
     Edom, on the confines of Idumea (Num. 20:22-29; 33:37). It was
     one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (33:37),
     which they reached in the circuitous route they were obliged to
     take because the Edomites refused them a passage through their


     territory. It was during the encampment here that Aaron died
     (Num. 33:37-41). (See {AARON}.) The Israelites passed
     this mountain several times in their wanderings. It bears the
     modern name of Jebel Harun, and is the highest and most
     conspicious of the whole range. It stands about midway between
     the Dead Sea and the Elanitic gulf. It has two summits, in the
     hallow between which it is supposed that Aaron died. Others,
     however, suppose that this mountain is the modern Jebel Madurah,
     on the opposite, i.e., the western, side of the Arabah.
     
       (2.) One of the marks of the northern boundary of Palestine
     (Num. 34:7, 8). Nowhere else mentioned. Perhaps it is one of the
     peaks of Lebanon.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Hor, who conceives, or shows; a hill