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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The Edomite element in Judah was stronger than the Kenite.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Now Doeg, the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen, was there that day.
From The Children's Bible by Sherman, Henry A.
She may be the goddess Edom, or perhaps the solar divinity who was entitled  in Babylonian, and whose name enters into that of an Edomite king A-rammu, who is mentioned by Sennacherib.
From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Trade was encouraged and developed: the possession of the Edomite seaports gave Solomon the command of the Arabian trade, while his alliance with Hiram opened to him the harbours of the Mediterranean coast.
From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
While thus the dead in thy rare pages rise Thine, with thyself, thou dost immortalise, To view the odds thy learned lives invite 'Twixt Eleutherian and Edomite.
From Brief History of English and American Literature by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
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