Idumaea
noun
Greek name of Edom.
Idumea
-
a variation of
Idumaea.
Example Sentences
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Unless you’re familiar with Seleucids, the Hasmonean dynasty, Essenes, Idumea, Antipater and the multiple kings named Antiochus, you may find the first couple of chapters tough-going.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2014
When they came to Idumea and encamped at Bethsura, Judas met them with ten thousand men.
From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent
Along the Red Sea, and at its northern angle, are Arabia, Sabaea, and Eudomane, or Idumea.
And he stationed there a force to keep it, and they fortified Bethsura, that the people might have a stronghold in Idumea.
From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent
The family of the Herods were the descendants of a courtier of Idumea, in the northern part of Arabia.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
