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Lexicon :: Strong's H123 - 'ĕḏōm

Aa
אֱדֹם
Transliteration
'ĕḏōm
Pronunciation
ed-ome'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 26e

Strong’s Definitions

אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm, ed-ome'; or (fully) אֱדוֹם ʼĔdôwm ; from H122; red (see Genesis 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him:—Edom, Edomites, Idumea.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 100x

The KJV translates Strong's H123 in the following manner: Edom (87x), Edomites (9x), Idumea (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 100x
The KJV translates Strong's H123 in the following manner: Edom (87x), Edomites (9x), Idumea (4x).

  1. Edom = "red"

    1. Edom

    2. Edomite, Idumean - descendants of Esau

    3. land of Edom, Idumea - land south and south east of Palestine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm, ed-ome'; or (fully) אֱדוֹם ʼĔdôwm ; from H122; red (see Genesis 25:25); Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him:—Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
STRONGS H123: Abbreviations
† אֱדֹם noun [masculine] name of a condiment (Arabic إِدَامٌ see Anderson in Di; compare Assyrian adumatu ? DlW) הָאֱ׳ Genesis 25:30 (twice in verse) (J; so read for הָאָ׳ MT; see Di).

אֱדוֺם (†אֱדֹם Ezekiel 25:14) proper name, masculine.
1. Edom (name of a god ? see StaG. 1, 121 RSSem 43; see n.pr. עבדאדם; but BaeRel 10 thinks dialect variant reading of אָדָם, בני אדום = בְנֵי אָדָם) = Esau, elder son of Isaac Genesis 25:30 (J) (where etymology = red, compare Genesis 25:25 (E ?) & below אַדְמוֺנִי Genesis 36:1, 8, 19 (P).
2. collective (masculine but feminine Malachi 1:4) Edomites, Idumeans as descendants of Esau Genesis 36:9, 43 (P); also 1 Samuel 14:47 + 31 times + 2 Samuel 8:13 (for MT ארם; Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version see 1 Chronicles 18:12; Psalm 60:2, We Dr); perhaps also Psalm 60:12 (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version 1 Chronicles 18:11; MT ארם but see We Dr); also 2 Chronicles 20:2 (see Berthau); א׳ = king of Edom Numbers 20:18, 20, 21; in poetry בְּנֵי א׳ Psalm 137:7 בַּת א׳ Lamentations 4:21, 22
3. land of Edom, Idumaea feminine Ezekiel 32:29; Ezekiel 35:15; and Ezekiel 36:5) south & southeast of Palestine Genesis 36:32, 43 + 32 times (including שְׂדֵה א׳ Genesis 32:4; [Genesis 32:3; אֶרֶץ א׳ Genesis 36:16, 17, 21, 31; Numbers 20:23; Numbers 21:4; Numbers 33:37 +); — uncertain weather 2 or 3 are Exodus 15:15; Numbers 20:14; Numbers 24:18 + 9 times (chiefly in מֶלֶח א׳ etc.) **See now FBuhlGeschichte. d. Edomiter (1893).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:25; 25:30; 25:30; 32:3; 36:1; 36:8; 36:9; 36:16; 36:17; 36:19; 36:21; 36:31; 36:32; 36:43; 36:43

Exodus

15:15

Numbers

20:14; 20:18; 20:20; 20:21; 20:23; 21:4; 24:18; 33:37

1 Samuel

14:47

2 Samuel

8:13

1 Chronicles

18:11; 18:12

2 Chronicles

20:2

Psalms

60:2; 60:12; 137:7

Lamentations

4:21; 4:22

Ezekiel

25:14; 32:29; 35:15; 36:5

Malachi

1:4

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Strong's Number H123 matches the Hebrew אֱדֹם ('ĕḏōm),
which occurs 100 times in 93 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Ch 8:17–Mal 1:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:17 - Later Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Elath,[fn] ports along the shore of the Red Sea[fn] in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:8 - During Jehoram’s reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:9 - So Jehoram went out with his full army and all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them[fn] under cover of darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:10 - Even so, Edom has been independent from Judah to this day. The town of Libnah also revolted about that same time. All this happened because Jehoram had abandoned the LORD, the God of his ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:19 - “You are saying, ‘I have defeated Edom,’ and you are very proud of it. But my advice is to stay at home. Why stir up trouble that will only bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:20 - But Amaziah refused to listen, for God was determined to destroy him for turning to the gods of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 - For the choir director: A psalm[fn] of David useful for teaching, regarding the time David fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and killed 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. To be sung to the tune “Lily of the Testimony.”

You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses.
You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:8 - But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant,
and I will wipe my feet on Edom
and shout in triumph over Philistia.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:9 - Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will bring me victory over Edom?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:6 - these Edomites and Ishmaelites;
Moabites and Hagrites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:9 - But Moab, my washbasin, will become my servant,
and I will wipe my feet on Edom
and shout in triumph over Philistia.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10 - Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will bring me victory over Edom?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:7 - O LORD, remember what the Edomites did
on the day the armies of Babylon captured Jerusalem.
“Destroy it!” they yelled.
“Level it to the ground!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:14 - They will join forces to swoop down on Philistia to the west.
Together they will attack and plunder the nations to the east.
They will occupy the lands of Edom and Moab,
and Ammon will obey them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:5 - And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens,
it will fall upon Edom,
the nation I have marked for destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:6 - The sword of the LORD is drenched with blood
and covered with fat—
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice.
Yes, the LORD will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah.
He will make a mighty slaughter in Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:1 - Who is this who comes from Edom,
from the city of Bozrah,
with his clothing stained red?
Who is this in royal robes,
marching in his great strength?
“It is I, the LORD, announcing your salvation!
It is I, the LORD, who has the power to save!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:26 - the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, the people who live in the desert in remote places,[fn] and yes, even the people of Judah. And like all these pagan nations, the people of Israel also have uncircumcised hearts.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:21 - Then I gave the cup to the nations of Edom, Moab, and Ammon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:3 - Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through their ambassadors who have come to see King Zedekiah in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - When the Judeans in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and the other nearby countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a few people in Judah and that Gedaliah was the governor,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 - This message was given concerning Edom. This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Is there no wisdom in Teman?
Is no one left to give wise counsel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:17 - “Edom will be an object of horror.
All who pass by will be appalled
and will gasp at the destruction they see there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:20 - Listen to the LORD’s plans against Edom
and the people of Teman.
Even the little children will be dragged off like sheep,
and their homes will be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle,
spreading his wings over Bozrah.
Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish
like a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:21 - Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz,
O people of Edom?
But you, too, must drink from the cup of the LORD’s anger.
You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:22 - O beautiful Jerusalem,[fn] your punishment will end;
you will soon return from exile.
But Edom, your punishment is just beginning;
soon your many sins will be exposed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Edom have sinned greatly by avenging themselves against the people of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:13 - Therefore, says the Sovereign LORD, I will raise my fist of judgment against Edom. I will wipe out its people and animals with the sword. I will make a wasteland of everything from Teman to Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:14 - I will accomplish this by the hand of my people of Israel. They will carry out my vengeance with anger, and Edom will know that this vengeance is from me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29 - “Edom is there with its kings and princes. Mighty as they were, they also lie among those slaughtered by the sword, with the outcasts who have gone down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - You rejoiced at the desolation of Israel’s territory. Now I will rejoice at yours! You will be wiped out, you people of Mount Seir and all who live in Edom! Then you will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:5 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - He will enter the glorious land of Israel,[fn] and many nations will fall, but Moab, Edom, and the best part of Ammon will escape.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:19 - But Egypt will become a wasteland
and Edom will become a wilderness,
because they attacked the people of Judah
and killed innocent people in their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:6 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Gaza have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sent whole villages into exile,
selling them as slaves to Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:9 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Tyre have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel,
selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,
showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
and were unrelenting in their anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:1 - This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Moab have sinned again and again,[fn]
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They desecrated the bones of Edom’s king,
burning them to ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:12 - And Israel will possess what is left of Edom
and all the nations I have called to be mine.[fn]”
The LORD has spoken,
and he will do these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 - This is the vision that the Sovereign LORD revealed to Obadiah concerning the land of Edom.
We have heard a message from the LORD
that an ambassador was sent to the nations to say,
“Get ready, everyone!
Let’s assemble our armies and attack Edom!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:8 - At that time not a single wise person
will be left in the whole land of Edom,”
says the LORD.
“For on the mountains of Edom
I will destroy everyone who has understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:4 - Esau’s descendants in Edom may say, “We have been shattered, but we will rebuild the ruins.”
But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies replies, “They may try to rebuild, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be known as ‘The Land of Wickedness,’ and their people will be called ‘The People with Whom the LORD Is Forever Angry.’

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