Encyclopedia entry
Hamor
He-ass, a Hivite from whom Jacob purchased the plot of ground in which Joseph was afterwards buried (Gen. 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 (Gen. 34:20). Hamor and Shechem were also slain (ver. 26).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(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]
In the Bible
13
Verses where Hamor is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Acts 7:16
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- Genesis 33:19
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
- Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
- Genesis 34:4
So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
- Genesis 34:6
Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
- Genesis 34:8
But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
+7 more verses naming Hamor.
Scripture on Hamor
5
Entries that reference Hamor
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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