Esau

Esau

See also: Esaú, Esaù, and Ésaü

English

Alternative forms

• Esav

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו‎ (ʿēśāw).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈiːsɔː/

Proper noun

Esau

1. The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 25:27, column 2:

     And the boyes grew; and Eſau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents.

2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
3. A surname.

Related terms

• Edom

Translations

son of Isaac and Rebekah

Aghwan: 𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒 (yeso) Armenian: Եսավ (Esav) Old Armenian: Եսաւ (Esaw) Catalan: Esaú (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 以掃, 以扫 (ji5 sou3) Mandarin: 以掃／以扫 (Yǐsǎo) Czech: Ezau m Dutch: Esau Ewe: Esau m Finnish: Esau French: Ésaü (fr) German: Esau Greek: Ησαύ m (Isáf) Ancient: Ἡσαῦ m (Hēsaû) Hebrew: עֵשָׂו‎ m ('esáv) Italian: Esaù m Japanese: エサウ (Esau) Korean: 에서 (ko) (Eseo), 에사우 (Esau), 에사오 (Esao) Latin: Ēsāus m Macedonian: Исав m (Isav) Maltese: Għesaw Maore Comorian: Îzu Polish: Ezaw (pl) m Portuguese: Esaú (pt) Romanian: Esau, Isav Russian: Иса́в (ru) m (Isáv) Spanish: Esaú (es) m Swedish: Esau Yiddish: עשׂו‎ m (eysev)

Anagrams

• EUAs, UAEs, eaus

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisaʊ/

Proper noun

Esau

1. Esau (biblical character)
2. a male given name

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Esau, from Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו‎ (ʿēśāw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːzaʊ̯/

Proper noun

Esau m (proper noun, strong, genitive Esaus)

1. (biblical) Esau