Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H123
אֱדֹם
Edomed-ome'
Edom
99 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼĔdôm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H123is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 21 of 39Old Testament books
- 32spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H123
Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
The King James renders it: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Edom is rendered "Edom". It stands 99 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-one books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 25:30He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
- The Greek text spells it thirty-two different ways.
The first use
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
Genesis 25:30אֱדֽוֹם׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Edom80
- in Edom7
- from Edom3
- of Edom2
- to Edom2
- and against Edom1
- and Edom1
- and in Edom1
- on Edom1
- with Edom1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֱדֹמִי | Edomi | Edomite | Uses11 |
The words it stands beside
All 99, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
32 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֱד֔וֹם19
- אֱדֽוֹם׃14
- אֱדוֹם֙7
- אֱד֖וֹם7
- אֱד֑וֹם6
- אֱד֗וֹם5
- אֱד֜וֹם5
- אֱד֣וֹם4
- אֱ֭דוֹם3
- בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃3
- אֱד֤וֹם2
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ פ2
and 20 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)80HNpm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)16HR/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2HC/R/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
Genesis
thirteen uses
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom).
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the area of Mount Seir.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the area of Mount Seir.
- אֱד֑וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ סʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites:
- אֱד֑וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- בֶּאֱד֔וֹםbeedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Edom
Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites.
- אֱד֗וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ פʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Exodus
one use
Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Numbers
nine uses
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- אֱד֑וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.
- אֱדוֹם֙ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.
- אֱד֗וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- אֱד֖וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
- אֱד֑וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.
- אֱד֜וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
- אֱד֑וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Joshua
two uses
Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
- אֱד֧וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
These were the southernmost cities of the tribe of Judah in the Negev toward the border of Edom:
- אֱד֖וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Judges
four uses
O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
- אֱד֨וֹם׀ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
- אֱדוֹם֙ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
1 Samuel
one use
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
- וּבֶאֱד֜וֹםuveedomconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and against Edom
2 Samuel
three uses
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- בֶּאֱד֜וֹםbeedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Edom
- אֱדוֹם֙ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
- אֱד֖וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
1 Kings
six uses
King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Then the LORD raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom.
- בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃beedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Edom
Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
- בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃beedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Edom
Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
- בֶּאֱדֽוֹם׃beedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Edom
And there was no king in Edom; a deputy served as king.
- בֶּאֱד֖וֹםbeedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Edom
2 Kings
ten uses
Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of Edom,” replied Joram.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the LORD is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
- אֱד֑וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
- אֱד֖וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
So Jehoram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night. His troops, however, fled to their homes.
- אֱד֜וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
- אֱד֗וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
- אֱד֤וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
1 Chronicles
seven uses
These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. His city was named Dinhabah.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Then Hadad died. Now the chiefs of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ פʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
- מֵֽאֱד֤וֹםmeedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Edom
Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
- אֱדוֹם֙ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
- בֶּֽאֱדוֹם֙beedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Edom
- אֱד֖וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
2 Chronicles
six uses
Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
So Jehoram crossed into Edom with his officers and all his chariots. When the Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, he rose up and attacked by night.
- אֱדוֹם֙ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
- אֱד֜וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
But Amaziah would not listen, for this had come from God in order to deliver them into the hand of Jehoash, because they had sought the gods of Edom.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Psalms
six uses
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- אֱ֭דוֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,
- אֱ֭דוֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”
- אֱ֭דוֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
- אֱד֗וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Isaiah
four uses
They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.
- אֱד֤וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
- אֱד֣וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- אֱדֽוֹם׃ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
- מֵאֱד֗וֹםmeedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Edom
Jeremiah
eight uses
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
- אֱד֞וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Edom, Moab, and the Ammonites;
- אֱד֥וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
- אֱד֜וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,
- וּבֶאֱד֜וֹםuveedomconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and in Edom
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- לֶאֱד֗וֹםleedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Edom
“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
- אֱד֖וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
- אֱדוֹם֙ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Lamentations
two uses
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Ezekiel
seven uses
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
- אֱד֛וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’
- בֶּאֱד֗וֹםbeedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: on Edom
- בֶאֱד֔וֹםveedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: with Edom
Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.
- אֱד֗וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- אֱד֣וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in My burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who took My land as their own possession with wholehearted joy and utter contempt, so that its pastureland became plunder.
- אֱד֣וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Daniel
one use
He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.
- אֱד֣וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Joel
one use
Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
- וֶאֱד֕וֹםveedomconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Edom
Amos
five uses
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- לֶאֱדֽוֹם׃leedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Edom
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
- לֶאֱד֔וֹםleedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Edom
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.
- אֱד֔וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.
- אֱד֖וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.
- אֱדוֹם֙ʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
Obadiah
two uses
This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—
- לֶאֱד֗וֹםleedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Edom
In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
- מֵֽאֱד֔וֹםmeedompreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Edom
Malachi
one use
Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
- אֱד֜וֹםʾedomproper noun (a name)tagged: Edom
The letters
Gematria 45· 605 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
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