BDB116
אֱדֹם noun [masculine] name of a condiment (Arabic [untranscribed source text 58] see Anderson in Di; compare Assyrian adumatu ? DlW) ׳ הָאֱ Gen 25:30 (twice in verse) ( J ; so read for ׳ הָאָ MT; see Di).
Strong's Lexicon
H123
H123 — אֱדוֹם אֱדוֹם
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H123 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אֱדוֹם אֱדוֹם |
| Part of Speech: | name |
| Etymology: | from H122 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 100 |
| Transliteration: | Edom |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ed-ome' (or (fully) oEdowm {ed-ome'}) n/p. |
| Meaning: | 1. red (see Gen. 25 2. Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob 3. hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him |
| KJV Renderings: | Edom, Edomites, Idumea. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB117
אֱדוֺם ( אֱדֹם Ezek 25:14)
proper name, masculine
1.
Edom (name of a god ? see StaG. 1, 121
RSSem 43; see n.pr.
עבדאדם; but BaeRel 10 thinks dialect variant
reading of אָדָם, בני אדום = בְנֵי אָדָם) = Esau, elder son of
Isaac Gen 25:30
(
J
) (where etymology = red, compare Gen 25:25 (
E
?) & below אַדְמוֺנִי
Gen 36:1; Gen 36:8; Gen 36:19 (
P
).
2.
collective (masculine but feminine
Mal 1:4)
Edomites, Idumeans as descendants of Esau Gen 36:9; Gen 36:43 (
P
); also 1Sam
14:47 + 31 t. + 2Sam 8:13 (for
ᵑ0
ארם;
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
see 1Chr
18:12; Ps 60:2
, We
Dr); perhaps also Ps 60:12 (
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
1Chr 18:11
ᵑ0
ארם but see We
Dr); also 2Chr 20:2 (see Berthau); ׳
א = king of Edom Num 20:18; Num 20:20; Num 20:21 in poetry ׳
בְּנֵי א
Ps 137:7
׳
בַּת א
Lam 4:21; Lam 4:22
3.
land of Edom, Idumaea (f.
Ezek 32:29
; Ezek
35:15 and Ezek 36:5) south & southeast of Palestine Gen 36:32; Gen 36:43 + 32 t. (including
שְׂדֵה
׳
א
Gen 32:4
׳
אֶרֶץ א
Gen 36:16;
Gen 36:17;
Gen 36:21;
Gen 36:31;
Num 20:23;
Num 21:4; Num 33:37 +);
— uncertain weather 2 or 3 are Exod 15:15; Num 20:14; Num 24:18 + 9 t. (chiefly in
׳
מֶלֶח א etc.)
See now FBuhlGeschichte. d. Edomiter (1893).
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke