אֱדֹםʼĔdôm

אֱדֹם: name of a condiment (Genesis 25:30)

Pronunciation: ed-ome' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H123

Meanings

אֱדוֺם: 1. Edom, Esau, elder son of Isaac (Genesis 25:30; Genesis 25:25; Genesis 36:1)

2. Edomites, Idumeans as descendants of Esau (Malachi 1:4; Genesis 36:9; Genesis 36:43)

3. land of Edom, Idumaea (Ezekiel 32:29; Ezekiel 35:15; Ezekiel 36:5)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 100 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.”)
  • Genesis 32:3 Then Jacob sent messengers ahead to his brother, Esau, who was living in the region of Seir in the land of Edom.
  • Genesis 36:1 This is the account of the descendants of Esau (also known as Edom).
  • Genesis 36:8 So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
  • Genesis 36:9 This is the account of Esau’s descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.
  • Genesis 36:16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Eliphaz. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
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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).