אָדֹםʼâdôm
ruddy, red (Isaiah 63:2; Zechariah 1:8; Genesis 25:30; Song of Solomon 5:10; Numbers 19:2)
Pronunciation: aw-dome' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H122
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 25:30 Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)
- Numbers 19:2 “Here is another legal requirement commanded by the Lord: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer, a perfect animal that has no defects and has never been yoked to a plow.
- 2 Kings 3:22 But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it appear red to the Moabites—like blood.
- Song of Solomon 5:10 My lover is dark and dazzling, better than ten thousand others!
- Isaiah 63:2 Why are your clothes so red, as if you have been treading out grapes?
- Zechariah 1:8 In a vision during the night, I saw a man sitting on a red horse that was standing among some myrtle trees in a small valley. Behind him were riders on red, brown, and white horses.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).