Esau

See also Esaú, and Esaù

English

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Etymology

From Classical Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿĒśāw; Modern: Eisav).

Proper noun

Esau

1. (biblical) The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 25:27

     And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Related terms

• Edom

Translations

son of Isaac and Rebekah

• Armenian: Եսավ (hy) (Yesav)
• Catalan: Esaú
• Chinese: 以扫
• Czech: Ezau (cs) m
• Dutch: Esau (nl)
• Ewe: Esau Template:mm
• Finnish: Esau (fi)
• French: Ésaü
• German: Esau (de)

• Greek: Ησαύ
• Hebrew: עשו (he)
• Italian: Esaù
• Japanese: エサウ
• Macedonian: Исав (mk) (Ísav) m
• Polish: Ezaw
• Portuguese: Esaú (pt)
• Russian: Исав (ru) (Isáv) m
• Spanish: Esaú (es)
• Swedish: Esau (sv)

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈIsaʊ/

Proper noun

Esau

1. (biblical) Esau.
2. A male given name.