Senses
1. Edom (person and nation) — Proper name with dual reference: (1) The personal name of Esau, Jacob's twin brother, given the byname 'Edom' (meaning 'red') after selling his birthright for red stew (Gen 25:30; 36:1, 8). (2) The nation and territory descended from Esau, located south of the Dead Sea in the mountainous region of Seir (Gen 36:9; Num 20:14-21). Edom features prominently in prophetic oracles of judgment (Isa 34:5-6; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; Obad 1:1; Amos 1:11) and in historical narratives of conflict with Israel (1 Sam 14:47; 2 Sam 8:14; 1 Kgs 11:14-16). Multilingual glosses consistently render as Edom/Edom (arb: أَدُومَ, fra: Edom, hin: एदोम). All auto-clusters represent the same proper noun in different prepositional and conjunctive contexts. 100×
AR["أَدُوم","أَدُومَ","أَدُومُ"]·ben["ইদোম","ইদোমের"]·DE["Edom","Edoms"]·EN["Edom"]·FR["Édom"]·heb["אדום"]·HI["एदोम","एदोम-की","एदोम-के","एदोम-ने"]·ID["Edom"]·IT["Edom"]·jav["Edom","Èdom","Édom"]·KO["에돔","에돔-이","에돔의","에돔이다","에돔이라"]·PT["'Edom","'Edom;"]·RU["Едом","Едома","Эдом","Эдома"]·ES["Edom"]·SW["Edom","Edomu","wa-Edomu","ya-Edomu"]·TR["Edom","Edom'un"]·urd["ادوم","ادوم-کا","ادوم-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אֱדוֹם (†אֱדֹם Ez 25:14) n.pr.m. 1. Edom (name of a god? v. StaG.1, 121 RSSem 43; vid. n.pr. עבדאדם; but BaeRel 10 thinks dial. var. of אָדָם, בני אדום = בְנֵי אָדָם) = Esau, elderson of Isaac Gn 25:30 (J) (where etym. = red, cf. v 25 (E?) & sub אַדְמוֹנִי) 36:1, 8, 19 (P). 2. coll. (m. but f. Mal 1:4) Edomites, Idumeans as descend. of Esau Gn 36:9, 43 (P); also 1 S 14:47 + 31 textual + 2 S 8:13…