Edom

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Via Late Latin Edōm from Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm).

• enPR: ēʹdəm, IPA^(key): /ˈi.dəm/
• Rhymes: -iːdəm
• Hyphenation: E‧dom

Edom

1. (biblical) The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible.
2. (historical) A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
3. (Judaism, historical, chiefly derogatory) Rome, the Roman Empire.
4. (Judaism, historical, chiefly derogatory) Christianity; Christendom, the Christian countries.

• (Esau): Esau

• Edomite

• “Edom”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Dome, E.D. Mo., Medo-, demo, demo-, dome, mode

From Middle Dutch edom, from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.dɔm/
• Hyphenation: Edom

Edom n

1. Edom (land and region in the southern Levant and northern Arabia)

• Edomiet

Edom m

1. Edom, Esau

Via Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈe.doːm/, [ˈɛd̪oːm]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.dom/, [ˈɛːd̪om]

Edōm m (indeclinable) (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

1. (biblical) Edom, Esau:
   1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Edom; a sobriquet of Esau in the Hebrew Bible

      Synonyms: Ēsāū, Ēsāus

      • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.36.1:

        Hae sunt autem generationes Esau, ipse est Edom

        And these are the generations of Esau, the same is Edom

   2. the tribe or nation which is said to be descended from Edom; Edomites

      Synonyms: Idūmaea, Idūmē, Idūmēa

• Idūmaea, Idūmēa
• Idūmē
• Idūmaeus

• → English: Edom

• “Edom”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Edom in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Edom

1. a male given name, variant of Aidam

• “Edom”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.