Edomite
Americannoun
noun
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an inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Edom, whose people were hostile to the Israelites in Old Testament times
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the ancient Semitic language of this people, closely related to Hebrew
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Uz, in fact, was a province of Edom; Edomite colonists, so we are told in the Book of Lamentations,11 inhabited it.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
But he found one man whose name was Doeg, an Edomite, who was willing to obey the king.
From The Wonder Book of Bible Stories by Logan Marshall
Nor are chief and chiefest equivalent terms: "Doeg an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdsmen."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
Herod follows—a foreign king and an Edomite; and the Romans are over all, suzerains and rulers.
From The Jesus of History by T. R. Glover
It may be that Gideon's success against the Midianite oppressors of Gilead was one of the results of their overthrow by the Edomite prince.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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