Who was Hamor in the Bible?
Lived in the age of the patriarchs
Hamor was a Hivite who founded the city of Shechem during the time of the patriarchs. Hamor appears in 11 verses across 2 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Hamor?
Hamor was a Hivite who founded the city of Shechem during the time of the patriarchs. His son was called Shechem, after whom the city was named (Gen.33.19). When Israel (or 'Jacob') and his family settled near Shechem, Hamor's son Shechem assaulted Jacob's daughter Dinah (Gen.34.2). Hamor and Shechem sought to arrange a marriage between Shechem and Dinah and proposed that their people intermarry with Jacob's family (Gen.34.8-10). Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, deceitfully agreed on the condition that all the men of Shechem be circumcised (Gen.34.13-24). However, while the men of Shechem were recovering from the circumcision, Simeon and Levi attacked the city, killed Hamor and Shechem, and rescued Dinah (Gen.34.25-29). The land that Jacob had purchased from Hamor became a possession of the Israelites and was later allocated to the tribe of Manasseh (Jos.24.32). In the time of the judges, Gaal son of Ebed challenged Abimelech's rule in Shechem, invoking the memory of Hamor as the city's ancestral leader (Jdg.9.28). In Act.7.16, Stephen mentions that Abraham bought a tomb from the sons of Hamor in Shechem, which may refer to the same transaction or a separate one.
Definition text: STEPBible · Tyndale House Cambridge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Lightly edited for length and formatting.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
Where does Hamor appear in the Bible?
Hamor is referenced in 11 verses across 2 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Acts 7:16
- Genesis 33:19
- Genesis 34:2
- Genesis 34:4
- Genesis 34:6
- Genesis 34:8
- Genesis 34:13
- Genesis 34:18
- Genesis 34:20
- Genesis 34:24
- Genesis 34:26
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Hamor.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Hamor?
Hamor appears in 11 verses across 2 books, most often in Genesis, which accounts for 10 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Hamor?
Genesis, Acts.
Where can I read every verse about Hamor?
This page lists 11 of them. Protos carries all 11, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
