Definition

Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him

Etymology

or (fully) אֱדוֹם ; from H122 (אָדֹם); red (see Genesis 25:25);

Where the KJV renders it

• Edom
• Edomites
• Idumea

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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