Bible Dictionary
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Signifies red.
1. A name of Esau, possibly on account of his being covered with red hair
Genesis 25:25; Genesis 25:30; Genesis 36:1; Genesis 36:8; Genesis 36:19
2. A name of the land occupied by the descendants of Esau
Extended from the Elanitic Gulf to the Red Sea, and was called Idumea
Genesis 32:3; Genesis 36:16-17; Genesis 36:21; Jeremiah 40:11
Noted for its wise men
Obadiah 1:8
Sins of
Obadiah 1:10-14
Prophecies concerning
Jeremiah 25:21-23; Jeremiah 27:1-11; Daniel 11:41
Edomites
Figurative of the foes of Zion
Isaiah 63:1
Wilderness of
2 Kings 3:8
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