HORONITE (Neh_2:10; Neh_2:19; Neh_13:28).A title given to Sanballat (wh. see), the opponent of Nehemiah. The name probably denotes an inhabitant of Beth-boron (wh. see).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
hor?ō̇-nı̄t, hō?rō̇-nı̄t (החרני, ha-ḥōrōnı̄): an appellation of Sanballat (Neh_2:10, Neh_2:19; Neh_13:28), as an inhabitant of BETH-HORON (which see).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Horonite
[many Hor'onite] (Heb. with the art. ha-Clhoroni', הִחֹרֹנַי; Sept. οΑ῾᾿ρωνί, Οὐρανίτης, Vulg. Horonites), the designation of Sanballat (q.v.), who was one of the principal opponents of Nehemiah's works of restoration (Neh_2:10; Neh_2:19; Neh_13:28). It is derived by Gesenius (Thes. p. 459) from Horonaim, the Moabitish town, but by Furst (Handw.) from Horon, i.e. Bethhoron. The latter supposition agrees with the local relations of Sanballat towards the Samaritans, but the former suits better his heathenish affinities, as well as the simple form of the primitive.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.