ʼĔdôm — H123

H123 · Hebrew — אדם

Pronunciation: ed-ome'

Other spellings: ʼĔdôwm אֱדוֹם

Definition

masculine proper noun

Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him

  1. Edom = "red"
  2. Edom
  3. Edomite, Idumean-descendants of Esau
  4. land of Edom, Idumea-land south and south east of Palestine

Usually translated as

Edom, Edomites, Idumea

Origin

or (fully) ʼĔdôwm ; from H122; red (see Genesis 25:25)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼĔdôm occurs 99 times in 92 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (12), Exodus (1), Numbers (9), Joshua (2), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (10), 1 Chronicles (6), 2 Chronicles (6), Psalms (6), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (8), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (6), Daniel (1), Joel (1), Amos (5), Obadiah (2), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — E