Edom
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) Esau, the brother of Jacob.
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Greek Idumaea. Greek Idumea. an ancient region between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, bordering ancient Palestine.
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the kingdom of the Edomites located in this region.
noun
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a nomadic people descended from Esau
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the son of Esau, who was the supposed ancestor of this nation
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the ancient kingdom of this people, situated between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba
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He planned his first ambitious explorations in Moab, Edom, Ammon, and the wild desert haunts of the Kenites and Midianites.
From Time Magazine Archive
If Edom was too strong for them, as the Bible says, they must have arrived at a time that was no earlier than 1300 B.C.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still the King of Edom refused, forcing the Israelites to detour through the dangerous eastern desert.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Glueck's potsherds proved that at that time the Israelites could have marched through Edom and Moab with hardly any opposition.
From Time Magazine Archive
Among the wives of the king many were from Sidon, Ammon, Moab and Edom.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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