Toponym Hormah in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: devoted or consecrated to God; utter destruction. Related names are: Eltolad, Israel, Seir . The translations of Hormah in 18 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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Wear it!Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. (NUM 14:45)
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah. (NUM 21:3)
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. (DEU 1:44)
The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; (JOS 12:14)
And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, (JOS 15:30)
And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, (JOS 19:4)
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. (JDG 1:17)
And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-ashan, and to them which were in Athach, (1SA 30:30)
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, (1CH 4:30)