Hamor
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Hamor

an ass; clay; dirt

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Hamor

(an ass), a Hivite who at the time of the entrance of Jacob on Palestine was prince of the land and city of Shechem. (Genesis 33:19; 34:2,4,6,8,13,18,20,24,26) (B.C. 1737.) [DINAH]

Easton's Bible Dictionary
He-ass, a Hivite from whom Jacob purchased the plot of ground in which Joseph was afterwards buried (Genesis 33:19). He is called "Emmor" in Acts 7:16. His son Shechem founded the city of that name which Simeon and Levi destroyed because of his crime in the matter of Dinah, Jacob's daughter (Genesis 34:20). Hamor and Shechem were also slain (ver. 26).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
HAMOR

ha'-mor (chamor, "an ass"; Emmor): Hamor was the father of Shechem from whom Jacob bought a piece of ground on his return from Paddan-aram for one hundred pieces of silver (Genesis 33:19), and the burial place of Joseph when his body was removed from Egypt to Canaan (Joshua 24:32). "The men of Hamor" were inhabitants of Shechem, and suffered a great loss under Abimelech, a prince over Israel (Judges 9:22-49). Dinah, Jacob's daughter, was criminally treated by Hamor, who requested her to be given to him in marriage, in which plan he had the cooperation of his father, Shechem. The sons of Jacob rejected their proposition and laid a scheme by which the inhabitants of the city were circumcised, and in the hour of helplessness slew all the males, thus wreaking special vengeance upon Hamor and his father Shechem. It is mere conjecture to claim that Hamor and Dinah were personifications of early central Palestinian clans in sharp antagonism, and that the course of Simeon and Levi was really the treachery of primitive tribes. Because the word Hamor means "an ass" and Shechem "a shoulder," there is no reason for rejecting the terms as designations of individuals and considering the titles as mere tribal appellations.

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Greek
1697. Hemmor -- Emmor, a Canaanite
... Emmor, a Canaanite. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Hemmor
Phonetic Spelling: (em-mor') Short Definition: Hamor Definition: Hamor, a ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7927. Shekem -- "ridge," a district in Northern Palestine, also a ...
... Shekem. 7928 . "ridge," a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor.
Transliteration: Shekem Phonetic Spelling: (shek-em') Short Definition: Shechem ...
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2544. Chamor -- father of Shechem
... 2543, 2544. Chamor. 2545 . father of Shechem. Transliteration: Chamor
Phonetic Spelling: (kham-ore') Short Definition: Hamor. ... Hamor. ...
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Library

Appendix D.
... at Sychem, but in the cave of Machpelah at Hebron;"we know also that the field,
which was bought of the sons of Emmor, or the children of Hamor (as they are ...
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The Testament of Levi Concerning the Priesthood and Arrogance.
... Shechem. And I was young, about twenty years of age, when with Simeon I
wrought the vengeance on Hamor for our sister Dinah. And ...
/.../iii the testament of levi concerning.htm

Chapter xxxiv
... 1-3. And Dinah, the daughter that Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women
of the country; and Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite, a prince of the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxiv.htm

Concerning the violation of Dina's Chastity.
... But when Shechem, the son of Hamor the king, saw her, he defiled her by violence;
and being greatly in love with her, desired of his father that he would ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 21 concerning the violation.htm

Chapter xxxiii
... And he acquired the portion of the field where he pitched his tent from the hand
of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitas. ...
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The Crowning of Abimelech
... and Zebul his officer? serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why
should we serve him? And would to God this people were under my hand! ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/iii the crowning of abimelech.htm

Letter Lvii. To Pammachius on the Best Method of Translating.
... Shechem which is in the land of Canaan, and that he dwelt there and "bought a parcel
of a field where he had spread his tent at the hand of Hamor, the father ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter lvii to pammachius on.htm

Appendix ii. Philo of Alexandria and Rabbinic Theology.
... with Genesis 46:27), often nearly misled by the Sophists (Dinah and Hamor), often
nearly failing and faint in the conflict (Jacob's wrestling), but holpen by ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix ii philo of alexandria.htm

Chapter xxiii
... Another problem is created by Acts 7:16, which ascribes Abraham's purchase of a
tomb to a place at Shechem and names the seller as "the sons of Hamor in Shechem ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxiii.htm

Here Beginneth the Life of Isaac
... the town of Shechem which is in the land of Canaan, and bought there a part of a
field, in which he fixed his tabernacles, of the sons of Hamor father of ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/here beginneth the life of.htm

Thesaurus
Hamor (13 Occurrences)
... daughter (Genesis 34:20). Hamor and Shechem were also slain (ver. 26). Int.
Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HAMOR. ha'-mor (chamor, "an ...
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Hamor's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Hamor's (1 Occurrence). Genesis 34:18 Their words pleased
Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Shechem's (5 Occurrences)
... Genesis 33:19 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the
hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of ...
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Dinah (7 Occurrences)
... 21). She was seduced by Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite chief, when
Jacob's camp was in the neighbourhood of Shechem. This ...
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Shechem (61 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Shoulder. (1.) The son of Hamor the Hivite (Genesis
33:19; 34). (2.) A descendant of Manasseh (Numbers 26:31; Joshua 17:2). ...
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Kesitah (3 Occurrences)
... Genesis 33:19 And he bought the portion of the field where he had spread his tent,
of the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs. ...
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Kesitahs (2 Occurrences)
... Genesis 33:19 And he bought the portion of the field where he had spread his tent,
of the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs. ...
/k/kesitahs.htm - 7k

Reasonable (6 Occurrences)
... without partiality, and without hypocrisy. (WEB NAS). Genesis 34:18 Their
words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. (See NAS). ...
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Defiled (119 Occurrences)
... Genesis 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country,
saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. (KJV WBS). ...
/d/defiled.htm - 38k

Parcel (10 Occurrences)
... Genesis 33:19 He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the
hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of ...
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Concordance
Hamor (13 Occurrences)

Acts 7:16
and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 33:19
He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:2
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:4
Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:6
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:8
Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:13
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:18
Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:20
Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:24
All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 34:26
They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joshua 24:32
They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 9:28
Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: but why should we serve him?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Hamor

Hamor: Called Emmor

Hamor: Jacob Buys a Piece of Property From

Hamor: Murdered by the Sons of Jacob

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Reasonable (6 Occurrences)

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Officer (70 Occurrences)

Girl (71 Occurrences)

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Joseph (248 Occurrences)

Listened (120 Occurrences)

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