McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Lotan

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Lotan


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(Heb. Lotan', ìåֹèָï , coverer; Sept. ËùôÜí ), the first-named of the sons of Seir, the Horite, and a petty prince of Idumaea prior to the supremacy of the Esauites (Gen_36:20; Gen_36:29; 1Ch_1:38). His sons are mentioned as being Hori and Hemam or Honam, and his sister as being named Timna (Gen_36:22; 1Ch_1:39), by which latter he was allied to Esau's oldest son (Gen_36:12). B.C. cir. 1927.