Edom
English
Etymology
Via Late Latin Edōm from Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ēʹdəm, IPA(key): /ˈi.dəm/
- Rhymes: -iːdəm
- Hyphenation: E‧dom
Proper noun
Edom
- (biblical) The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible.
- (historical) A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
- (Judaism, historical, chiefly derogatory, collective) Rome, the Roman Empire.
- (Judaism, historical, chiefly derogatory, collective) Christianity; Christendom, the Christian countries.
Synonyms
- (Esau): Esau
Derived terms
Translations
name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible
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region whose inhabitants traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau
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Further reading
- “Edom”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch edom, from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeː.dɔm/
- Hyphenation: Edom
Proper noun
Edom n
- Edom (land and region in the southern Levant and northern Arabia)
Derived terms
Proper noun
Edom m
Latin
Etymology
Via Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.dõː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.d̪om]
Proper noun
Edōm m (indeclinable) (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: Edom
Further reading
- “Edom”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Edom in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Scots
Proper noun
Edom
- a male given name, variant of Aidam
References
- “Edom”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.