Esau

See also: Esaú, Esaù, and Ésaü

English

Alternative forms

• Esav

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːsɔ/

Proper noun

Esau

1. 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.

2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.

Related terms

• Edom

Translations

son of Isaac and Rebekah

• Armenian: Եսավ (Esav)

  Old Armenian: Եսաւ (Esaw)

• Catalan: Esaú (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以掃／以扫 (Yǐsǎo), 以扫 (Yǐsǎo)

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

  Ancient: Ἡσαῦ m (Hēsaû)

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• Hebrew: עֵשָׂו m ('esáv)
• Italian: Esaù m
• Japanese: エサウ (Esau)
• Macedonian: Исав m (Isav)
• Maore Comorian: Îzu
• Polish: Ezaw (pl) m
• Portuguese: Esaú
• Romanian: Esau
• Russian: Иса́в (ru) m (Isáv)
• Spanish: Esaú (es)
• Swedish: Esau
• Yiddish: עשׂו m (eysev)

Anagrams

• UAEs, eaus

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisaʊ/

Proper noun

Esau

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