Idūmaea — meaning in English

English meaning

• edom name The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible.

Senses

Idūmaea is used for these senses in English:

• Edom (historical) A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
• Idumaea (historical) An ancient region in the south of Judea in modern Israel and the West Bank, inhabited by the Edomites during the Hellenistic period and Roman occupation.

edom — full definition

1. name The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible.
2. name A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
3. name Rome, the Roman Empire.
4. name Christianity; Christendom, the Christian countries.

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