Strong's H123 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אֱדֹם (ʼĔdôm)

Pronunciation: ed-ome'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Edom = "red"

Derivation: or (fully) אֱדוֹם (ʼĔdôwm) ; from אָדֹם (ʼâdôm) [H122]; red (see Genesis 25:25);

Definition: Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him

KJV Renderings: Edom, Edomites, Idumea.

Senses

1. Edom
2. Edomite, Idumean-descendants of Esau
3. land of Edom, Idumea-land south and south east of Palestine

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.