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Lexicon :: Strong's H123 - 'ĕḏōm

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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 1 / 2 (Gen 25:30–1Ch 18:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.[fn])

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:3 - Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:1 - This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8 - So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:9 - This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:16 - Korah,[fn] Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:17 - The sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:19 - These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21 - Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:31 - These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:32 - Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:43 - Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied. This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:15 - The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people[fn] of Canaan will melt away;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “This is what your brother Israel says: You know about all the hardships that have come on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:18 - But Edom answered: “You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:20 - Again they answered: “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21 - Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory, Israel turned away from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:23 - At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:4 - They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,[fn] to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 - Edom will be conquered; Seir, his enemy, will be conquered, but Israel will grow strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:37 - They left Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - “ ‘Your southern side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - The southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the boundary of Edom were: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:4 - “When you, LORD, went out from Seir, when you marched from the land of Edom, the earth shook, the heavens poured, the clouds poured down water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:17 - Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Give us permission to go through your country,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They sent also to the king of Moab, and he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:18 - “Next they traveled through the wilderness, skirted the lands of Edom and Moab, passed along the eastern side of the country of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon. They did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was its border.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:47 - After Saul had assumed rule over Israel, he fought against their enemies on every side: Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings[fn] of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment on them.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:14 - He put garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - King Solomon also built ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:14 - Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - Earlier when David was fighting with Edom, Joab the commander of the army, who had gone up to bury the dead, had struck down all the men in Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:16 - Joab and all the Israelites stayed there for six months, until they had destroyed all the men in Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:47 - There was then no king in Edom; a provincial governor ruled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8 - “By what route shall we attack?” he asked. “Through the Desert of Edom,” he answered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:9 - So the king of Israel set out with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After a roundabout march of seven days, the army had no more water for themselves or for the animals with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:12 - Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:20 - The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was—water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:20 - In the time of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against Judah and set up its own king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:21 - So Jehoram[fn] went to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night; his army, however, fled back home.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:22 - To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah. Libnah revolted at the same time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 - He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and captured Sela in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:10 - You have indeed defeated Edom and now you are arrogant. Glory in your victory, but stay at home! Why ask for trouble and cause your own downfall and that of Judah also?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43 - These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned: Bela son of Beor, whose city was named Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:51 - Hadad also died. The chiefs of Edom were: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:54 - Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:11 - King David dedicated these articles to the LORD, as he had done with the silver and gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:13 - He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

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