Edomite

Edomite

See also: édomite

English

Etymology

Edom +‎ -ite

Noun

Edomite (plural Edomites)

1. (biblical) A person descended from Esau (Edom).
   • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 36:9

     And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.

Translations

person descended from Esau (Edom)

Danish: edomit c

German: Edomiter m, Edomiterin f

Proper noun

Edomite

1. A Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Edomites in southwestern Jordan in the first millennium BCE, extinct from the 6th century BCE.

Translations

the Semitic language of the Edomites

German: Edomitisch n