Edom

English

Etymology

Via Late Latin Edōm from Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ēʹdəm, IPA^(key): /ˈi.dəm/
• Rhymes: -iːdəm
• Hyphenation: E‧dom

Proper noun

Edom

1. (biblical) The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible.
2. (historical) A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
3. (Judaism, historical, chiefly derogatory) Rome, the Roman Empire.
4. (Judaism, historical, chiefly derogatory) Christianity.

Synonyms

• (Esau): Esau

Derived terms

• Edomite

Translations

name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible

• Akkadian: 𒌑𒁺𒈪 (údumi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 以東／以东 (ji⁵ dung¹)

  Mandarin: 以東／以东 (zh) (Yǐdōng)

• Dutch: Edom m
• French: Édom (fr) m
• German: Edom m
• Greek: Εδώμ (el) m (Edóm)

  Ancient: Ἐδώμ m (Edṓm)

• Irish: Eadóm m
• Kazakh: Едом (Edom)
• Latin: Edōm m
• Old Church Slavonic: едомъ (edomŭ)
• Polish: Edom (pl) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Edom m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

region whose inhabitants traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau

• Akkadian: 𒌑𒁺𒈪 (údumi)
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 以東／以东 (ji⁵ dung¹)

  Mandarin: 以東／以东 (zh) (Yǐdōng)

• Dutch: Edom n
• Egyptian: (jdwmꜥ)
• Finnish: Edom (fi)
• French: Idumée (fr)
• German: Edom n
• Greek: Ιδουμαία f (Idoumaía), Εδώμ (el) m (Edóm)

  Ancient: Ἰδουμαία f (Idoumaía), Ἐδώμ m (Edṓm)

• Hebrew: אֱדוֹם (he) m (edóm),
• Hungarian: Edóm (hu)
• Irish: Eadóm m
• Kazakh: Едом (Edom)
• Latin: Idūmaea f, Idūmēa f, Idūmē f, Edōm m
• Polish: Edom (pl) m
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Edom m
• Russian: Эдо́м (ru) (Edóm)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “Edom”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Dome, E.D. Mo., Medo-, demo, demo-, dome, mode

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch edom, from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.dɔm/
• Hyphenation: Edom

Proper noun

Edom n

1. Edom (land and region in the southern Levant and northern Arabia)

Derived terms

• Edomiet

Proper noun

Edom m

1. Edom, Esau

Latin

Etymology

Via Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.doːm/, [ˈɛd̪oːm]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.dom/, [ˈɛːd̪om]

Proper noun

Edōm m (indeclinable) (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

1. (biblical) Edom, Esau:
   1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Edom; a sobriquet of Esau in the Hebrew Bible

      Synonyms: Ēsāū, Ēsāus

      • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.36.1:

        Hae sunt autem generationes Esau, ipse est Edom

        And these are the generations of Esau, the same is Edom

   2. the tribe or nation which is said to be descended from Edom; Edomites

      Synonyms: Idūmaea, Idūmē, Idūmēa

Related terms

• Idūmaea, Idūmēa
• Idūmē
• Idūmaeus

Descendants

• → English: Edom

Further reading

• “Edom”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Edom in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Scots

Proper noun

Edom

1. a male given name, variant of Aidam

References

• “Edom” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.