Edom: Definition Of

Signifies red

Edom: 1. A Name of Esau

Possibly on account of his being covered with red hair,

Gen 25:25, 30; 36:1, 8, 19.

Edom: 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,

Gen 32:3; 36:16, 17, 21; Jer 40:11.

Edom: Figurative

FIGURATIVE of the foes of Zion,

Isa 63:1.

Wilderness of,

2Ki 3:8.

Edom: Noted For

Its wise men,

Oba 1:8.

Sins of,

Oba 1:10-14.

Prophecies concerning,

Jer 25:21-23; 27:1-11; Dan 11:41.

See EDOMITES.