Edomite
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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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I knew that day, because Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul.
From The Children's Bible by Sherman, Henry A.
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 Marshall, Logan
In the letter to the Pharaoh, in which mention is made of the hostilities carried on by Edom against the Egyptian territory, one of the Edomite towns referred to is called Khinianabi.
From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The superscription of the fifty-second Psalm bears—“Maschil of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.”
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
An Edomite of the third generation could enter "into the congregation of the Lord," and we hear of no rival deity in Edom to Yahveh of Israel.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
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