אֱדֹם
ʼĔdôm · ed-ome'
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
Lexicon
Derivation: or (fully) אֱדוֹם ; from H122 (אָדֹם); red (see Genesis 25:25);
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
- Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob
- hence, the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱדֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
100 occurrences · 100 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of edom40 · 44%
- in edom8 · 9%
- and edom5 · 5%
- edom4 · 4%
- the edomites4 · 4%
- of the edomites3 · 3%
- upon edom3 · 3%
- who is edom2 · 2%
- from edom2 · 2%
- over edom2 · 2%
- me into edom2 · 2%
- concerning edom2 · 2%
- to edom2 · 2%
- is edom1 · 1%
- thus edom1 · 1%
- and against edom1 · 1%
- throughout all edom1 · 1%
- and all they of edom1 · 1%
- was in edom1 · 1%
- yet edom1 · 1%
- and all the edomites1 · 1%
- so the edomites1 · 1%
- upon idumea1 · 1%
- of idumea1 · 1%
- and in edom1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.