Strong's Hebrew · H123

אֱדֹם

ʼĔdôm · ed-ome'

Edom, Edomites, Idumea.

Definition

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

Derivation

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

Appears 98 times in Scripture

Genesis 36:17

These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Genesis 36:21

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.

Genesis 36:19

All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs.

Genesis 36:1

This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).

Genesis 36:31

These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:

Genesis 36:9

This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.

Genesis 36:16

Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

Genesis 25:30

He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)

Genesis 32:3

Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

Genesis 36:8

So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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