Esau

See also: Esaú, Esaù, and Ésaü

English

Alternative forms

• Esav

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːsɔː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈisɔ/
• (General American, Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈisɑ/
• Rhymes: -iːsɔː

Proper noun

Esau

2. (biblical) The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 25:27, column 2:

     And the boyes grew; and Eſau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents.

3. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A surname.

Related terms

• Edom

Translations

son of Isaac and Rebekah

• Aghwan: 𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒 (yeso)
• Arabic: عِيسُو m (ʕīsū), العِيص m (al-ʕīṣ)
• Armenian: Եսավ (Esav)

  Old Armenian: Եսաւ (Esaw)

• Catalan: Esaú (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎢᏐ (iso)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 以掃 / 以扫 (ji⁵ sou³)

  Mandarin: 以掃 / 以扫 (Yǐsǎo)

• Comorian:

  Maore Comorian: Îzu

• Czech: Ezau m
• Dutch: Esau
• Ewe: Esau m
• Finnish: Esau
• French: Ésaü (fr)
• German: Esau
• Greek: Ησαύ (el) m (Isáf)

  Ancient Greek: Ἡσαῦ m (Hēsaû)

• Gujarati: એસાવ m (esāv)
• Hebrew: עֵשָׂו m ('esáv)
• Hindi: एसाव m (esāv)
• Hungarian: Ézsau (hu)
• Italian: Esaù (it) m
• Japanese: エサウ (Esau)
• Kazakh: Есау (Esau)
• Korean: 에서 (ko) (Eseo), 에사우 (Esau), 에사오 (Esao)
• Latin: Ēsāus m
• Macedonian: Исав m (Isav)
• Malay: Esau
• Maltese: Għesaw
• Polish: Ezaw (pl) m
• Portuguese: Esaú (pt)
• Romanian: Esau, Isav
• Russian: Иса́в (ru) m (Isáv)
• Spanish: Esaú (es) m
• Swedish: Esau
• Yiddish: עשׂו m (eysev)

Anagrams

• EUAs, UAEs, eaus

Ewe

Proper noun

Esau

1. Esau (biblical character)
2. a male given name

Finnish

Alternative forms

• Eesau

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe(ː)sɑu̯/, [ˈe̞(ː)s̠ɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -esɑu
• Syllabification^(key): E‧sau
• Hyphenation^(key): E‧sau

Proper noun

Esau

1. (biblical) Esau

Declension

Inflection of Esau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		Esau	—
genitive		Esaun	—
partitive		Esauta	—
illative		Esauhun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Esau	—
accusative	nom.	Esau	—
	gen.	Esaun
genitive		Esaun	—
partitive		Esauta	—
inessive		Esaussa	—
elative		Esausta	—
illative		Esauhun	—
adessive		Esaulla	—
ablative		Esaulta	—
allative		Esaulle	—
essive		Esauna	—
translative		Esauksi	—
abessive		Esautta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Esau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Esauni — accusative nom. Esauni — gen. Esauni genitive Esauni — partitive Esautani — inessive Esaussani — elative Esaustani — illative Esauhuni — adessive Esaullani — ablative Esaultani — allative Esaulleni — essive Esaunani — translative Esaukseni — abessive Esauttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Esausi — accusative nom. Esausi — gen. Esausi genitive Esausi — partitive Esautasi — inessive Esaussasi — elative Esaustasi — illative Esauhusi — adessive Esaullasi — ablative Esaultasi — allative Esaullesi — essive Esaunasi — translative Esauksesi — abessive Esauttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Esaumme — accusative nom. Esaumme — gen. Esaumme genitive Esaumme — partitive Esautamme — inessive Esaussamme — elative Esaustamme — illative Esauhumme — adessive Esaullamme — ablative Esaultamme — allative Esaullemme — essive Esaunamme — translative Esauksemme — abessive Esauttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Esaunne — accusative nom. Esaunne — gen. Esaunne genitive Esaunne — partitive Esautanne — inessive Esaussanne — elative Esaustanne — illative Esauhunne — adessive Esaullanne — ablative Esaultanne — allative Esaullenne — essive Esaunanne — translative Esauksenne — abessive Esauttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Esaunsa — accusative nom. Esaunsa — gen. Esaunsa genitive Esaunsa — partitive Esautaan Esautansa — inessive Esaussaan Esaussansa — elative Esaustaan Esaustansa — illative Esauhunsa — adessive Esaullaan Esaullansa — ablative Esaultaan Esaultansa — allative Esaulleen Esaullensa — essive Esaunaan Esaunansa — translative Esaukseen Esauksensa — abessive Esauttaan Esauttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Esau, from Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːzaʊ̯/

Proper noun

Esau m (proper noun, strong, genitive Esaus)

1. (biblical) Esau