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Edom

(Signifies red)

1. A name of Esau, possibly on account of his being covered with red hair—Ge 25:25,30; 36:1,8,19

2. A name of the land occupied by the descendants of Esau

• It extended from the Elanitic Gulf to the Red Sea, and was
• also called IDUMEA—Ge 32:3; 36:16,17,21; Jer 40:11
• Noted for its wise men
• —Ob 1:8
• Sins of
• —Ob 1:10-14
• Prophecies concerning
• —Jer 25:21-23; 27:1-11; Da 11:41
• See
• EDOMITES
• FIGURATIVE of the foes of Zion
• —Isa 63:1
• Wilderness of
• —2Ki 3:8