אֱדֹמִיʼĔdômîy
Edomite (Deuteronomy 23:8; 1 Samuel 21:8; 1 Samuel 22:9; 1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samuel 22:22)
Pronunciation: ed-o-mee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H130
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 23:7 “Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians.
- 1 Samuel 21:7 Now Doeg the Edomite, Saul’s chief herdsman, was there that day, having been detained before the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 22:9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul’s men, spoke up. “When I was at Nob,” he said, “I saw the son of Jesse talking to the priest, Ahimelech son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 22:18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You do it.” So Doeg the Edomite turned on them and killed them that day, eighty-five priests in all, still wearing their priestly garments.
- 1 Samuel 22:22 David exclaimed, “I knew it! When I saw Doeg the Edomite there that day, I knew he was sure to tell Saul. Now I have caused the death of all your father’s family.
- 1 Kings 11:1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh’s daughter, he married women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and from among the Hittites.
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).