Definition

an Edomite, or descendants from (or inhabitants of) Edom

Etymology

or (fully) אֱדוֹמִי ; patronymic from H123 (אֱדֹם); See H726 (אֲרוֹמִי).

Where the KJV renders it

• Edomite

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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