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Edom
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Edom names 3 things on this site
- Edom, a place of Scripture.The highland nation descended from Esau that refused Israel passage on the King's Highway, and whose pride the prophets answered.
- Edom, a heading of the topical index.A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- Edom Conquered by Israel, a messianic prophecy.Edom would be conquered by Israel/Judah.
Featured studies
1 resultVerses
125 results- VerseJeremiah 25:21Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
- VerseGenesis 36:1This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
- Verse1 Chronicles 1:54Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.
- VersePsalms 83:6the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
- VerseGenesis 36:8So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
People
3 results- PersonDoeg the EdomiteSaul's chief herdsman and informer, the one man willing to fall upon the priests of Nob when the king's own footmen refused — remembered in the superscription of Psalm 52.
- PersonEsauIsaac's elder son who despised his birthright (Heb 12:16); father of Edom, Israel's perennial neighbor and adversary.
- PersonObadiah (the prophet)Author of the OT's shortest book, the vision against Edom; otherwise unidentified — a dozen OT men share the name and the text gives no lineage. Distinct from Ahab's steward (1…
Places
5 results- PlaceEdomThe highland nation descended from Esau that refused Israel passage on the King's Highway, and whose pride the prophets answered.
- PlaceMount HorOn the border of Edom, where Aaron was gathered to his people and the priesthood passed to Eleazar in the sight of the congregation.
- PlaceTemanEdomite region and clan (Gen 36:11), proverbial for wisdom (Jer 49:7; Obad 1:9); God comes from Teman in Habakkuk's theophany (Hab 3:3).
- PlaceSelaEdom's rock-cut stronghold in the clefts (Obad 1:3; 2 Kings 14:7), identified by long tradition with the later Nabatean Petra.
- PlaceBozrahFortified Edomite city named in the judgment oracles (Isa 34:6; 63:1; Jer 49:13; Amos 1:12).
Words (Strong's)
- WordH130 אֱדֹמִי · ʼĔdômîy (Hebrew)an Edomite, or descendants from (or inhabitants of) Edom. The Hebrew word stands 11 times in the original text.
- WordH123 אֱדֹם · ʼĔdôm (Hebrew)Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob. The Hebrew word stands 99 times in the original text.
- WordH5654 עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם · ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm (Hebrew)Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites. The Hebrew word stands 40 times in the original text.
- WordH1673 דֹּאֵג · Dôʼêg (Hebrew)Doeg, an Edomite. The Hebrew word stands 5 times in the original text.
- WordH1789 דִּישָׁן · Dîyshân (Hebrew)Dishan, an Edomite. The Hebrew word stands 5 times in the original text.
Themes
2 results- ThemeWorshipScripture's worship vocabulary carries two roots held together: *shachah* (to bow down, prostrate) and *abad* (to serve, to labor for). *Shachah* is first rendered "worship" at…
- ThemeMercyMercy in Scripture is not a mood God occasionally feels but a self-disclosed name. When the LORD passes before Moses on Sinai and proclaims who He is, the first words out are…
Topics
4 results- TopicEdomA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicEdomitesA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicObed-edomA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicWhoredomA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Prophecies
5 results- ProphecyEdom Conquered by IsraelEdom would be conquered by Israel/Judah.
- ProphecyEdom's Perpetual DesolationA messianic prophecy: what was spoken, where it was written, and where the New Testament takes it up.
- ProphecyEdom's Complete DesolationMultiple prophets predicted Edom's complete destruction—not merely political defeat but ethnic extinction, with 'no survivors of the house of Esau.'
- ProphecyPetra Inhabited by AnimalsEdom's strongholds (including Petra) would become inhabited only by wild animals.
- ProphecyPetra's Eagle's Nest FallObadiah and Jeremiah specifically mention Edom's rock-cleft dwellings (Petra's famous cliff-carved architecture) and predict their downfall.
Apologetics
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11 results- VoiceEznik of KolbEznik was an Armenian, born around 380, and he belongs to the single most productive generation in the history of his nation's literature. Armenia had adopted Christianity as a…
- VoiceErasmus of RotterdamDesiderius Erasmus was born at Rotterdam, most likely on October 28, 1466 — he was vague about the year, and had reason to be. He was the illegitimate son of a priest and a…
- VoiceHilary of PoitiersHilary was born at Poitiers in western Gaul about 310, into a wealthy pagan family, and given a full classical education. He came to God the long way — by thinking. He…
- VoiceJohn DamasceneJohn was born in Damascus about 675, into a prominent Christian family that served the Muslim government. His father held a senior financial post under the Umayyad caliphs, and…
- VoiceSalvian the PresbyterSalvian was born about 400 near Trier or Cologne, in the Roman frontier country along the Rhine — and he watched it fall. Trier, one of the great imperial cities of the West…
Apocrypha (study resources)
11 results- Study resource1 Esdras 4:45Thou also hast vowed to build up the temple, which the Edomites burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldees.
- Study resource1 Esdras 4:49Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry, concerning their freedom, that no officer, no ruler, no lieutenant, nor treasurer, should forcibly…
- Study resource1 Esdras 4:50And that all the country which they hold should be free without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held:
- Study resource1 Esdras 4:62And they praised the God of their fathers, because he had given them freedom and liberty
- Study resource1 Esdras 8:69The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests and Levites, have not put away from them the strange people of the land, nor the pollutions of the Gentiles to wit, of the…
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H130אֱדֹמִי ʼĔdômîy — an Edomite, or descendants from (or inhabitants of) EdomH123אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm — Edom, the elder twin-brother of JacobH5654עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm — Obed-Edom, the name of five IsraelitesH1673דֹּאֵג Dôʼêg — Doeg, an EdomiteH1789דִּישָׁן Dîyshân — Dishan, an EdomiteH1224בׇּצְרָה Botsrâh — Botsrah, a place in Edom