edom · Edom

What it means

edom (אֱדֹם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Edom”.

Another name of Esau and of the nation that came from him, south of the Dead Sea. It means "red".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

The place

• Edom

  Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev

  A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.

  The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).

  Genesis 36:1Numbers 20:14Obadiah 1:1Amos 1:11

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×13
• Exodus×1
• Numbers×9
• Joshua×2
• Judges×4
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×3
• 1 Kings×6
• 2 Kings×10
• 1 Chronicles×7
• 2 Chronicles×6
• Psalms×7
• Isaiah×4
• Jeremiah×8
• Lamentations×2
• Ezekiel×7
• Daniel×1
• Joel×1
• Amos×5
• Obadiah×2
• Malachi×1

• Genesis 25:30

  Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me gulp down some of the red, this red stuff, for I am exhausted.” That is why his name was called Edom.

• Genesis 32:3

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

• Genesis 36:1

  These are the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

• Genesis 36:8

  So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

• Genesis 36:9

  These are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in the hill country of Seir.

• Genesis 36:16

  the chieftain Korah, the chieftain Gatam, the chieftain Amalek. These are the chieftains of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

• Genesis 36:17

  These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: the chieftain Nahath, the chieftain Zerah, the chieftain Shammah, the chieftain Mizzah. These are the chieftains of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

• Genesis 36:19

  These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chieftains (that is, Edom).

• Genesis 36:21

  Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chieftains of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

• Genesis 36:31

  These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.

• Genesis 36:32

  Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

• Genesis 36:43

  the chieftain Magdiel, the chieftain Iram. These are the chieftains of Edom, according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of Edom.

• Exodus 15:15

  Then the chieftains of Edom were dismayed; the mighty of Moab, trembling seized them; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.

• Numbers 20:14

  And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that has found us:

• Numbers 20:18

  But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”

• Numbers 20:20

  But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against him with a heavy force and with a strong hand.

• Numbers 20:21

  Thus Edom refused to let Israel pass through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.

• Numbers 20:23

  And YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron at Hor the mountain, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,

• Numbers 21:4

  And they set out from Hor the mountain by the way of the Sea of Reeds, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people grew impatient on the way.

• Numbers 24:18

  And Edom shall be a possession, and Seir, his enemies, shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.

• Numbers 33:37

  They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.

• Numbers 34:3

  Your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea on the east.

• Joshua 15:1

  And the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families was to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin to the south, at the farthest south.

• Joshua 15:21

  And the cities at the far end of the tribe of the sons of Judah, toward the border of Edom, in the Negev, were: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

• Judges 5:4

  YHWH, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dripped, the clouds also dripped water.

• Judges 11:17

  Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Let me pass, please, through your land,’ but the king of Edom did not listen. He sent also to the king of Moab, but he was not willing. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

• Judges 11:18

  Then he went through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came from the rising of the sun to the land of Moab, and they camped beyond the Arnon; and they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

• 1 Samuel 14:47

  Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought all around against all his enemies: against Moab, against the sons of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he condemned them.

• 2 Samuel 8:14

  He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all Edom became servants to David. And YHWH saved David wherever he went.

• 1 Kings 9:26

  And King Solomon made ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth, on the shore of the Sea of Reeds, in the land of Edom.

• 1 Kings 11:14

  And YHWH raised up an opponent to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the offspring of the king in Edom.

• 1 Kings 11:15

  And it happened, when David was in Edom, when Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, that he struck every male in Edom

• 1 Kings 11:16

  — for six months Joab and all Israel lived there, until he had cut off every male in Edom —

• 1 Kings 22:47

  There was no king in Edom; a prefect acted as king.

• 2 Kings 3:8

  He said, “Which way shall we go up?” He said, “The way of the wilderness of Edom.”

• 2 Kings 3:9

  So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they went around a journey of seven days, and there was no water for the camp or for the animals that followed them.

• 2 Kings 3:12

  Jehoshaphat said, “The word of YHWH is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

• 2 Kings 3:20

  And it happened in the morning, as the grain offering was offered, that, look, water was coming from the direction of Edom, and the land was filled with water.

• 2 Kings 3:26

  The king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him, and he took with him seven hundred men who drew the sword to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

• 2 Kings 8:20

  In his days Edom rebelled from under the hand of Judah and made a king over themselves.

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