Edom

Edom

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אֱדוֹם‎ (ʾĕḏōm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈidəm/

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

• (Esau): Esau

Derived terms

• Edomite

Translations

name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible

Akkadian: 𒌑𒁺𒈪 (údumi) Chinese: Cantonese: 以東, 以东 (ji5 dung1) Mandarin: 以東／以东 (zh) (Yǐdōng) Dutch: Edom m French: Édom (fr) m German: Edom m Irish: Eadóm m Kazakh: Едом (Edom) Polish: Edom (pl) m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Romanian: Edom m Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

region whose inhabitants traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau

Akkadian: 𒌑𒁺𒈪 (údumi) Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Cantonese: 以東, 以东 (ji5 dung1) Mandarin: 以東／以东 (zh) (Yǐdōng) Dutch: Edom n Egyptian: (jdwmꜥ) Finnish: Edom (fi) French: Idumée (fr) German: Edom n Greek: Ancient: Ἰδουμαία f (Idoumaía) Hebrew: אֱדוֹם‎ (he) m (edóm), Hungarian: Edóm (hu) Irish: Eadóm m Kazakh: Едом (Edom) Latin: Idumea Polish: Edom (pl) m Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Romanian: Edom m Russian: Эдо́м (ru) (Edóm) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch edom, from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם‎.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Edom n

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

Derived terms

• Edomiet

Proper noun

Edom m

1. Edom, Esau