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Edom

A province of Arabia, which derives its name from Edom, or Esau, who there settled in the mountains of Seir, in the land of the Horites, south-east of the Dead Sea. His descendants afterward extended themselves throughout Arabia Petrea, and south of Palestine, between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean. Edom is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “red, earthy; of blood.” This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
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  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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red, earthy; of blood According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

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Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Edom

red, earthy; of blood

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

EDOM

a province of Arabia, which derives its name from Edom, or Esau, who there settled in the mountains of Seir, in the land of the Horites, south-east of the Dead Sea. His descendants afterward extended themselves throughout Arabia Petrea, and south of Palestine, between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean. During the Babylonish captivity, and when Judea was almost deserted, they seized the south of Judah, and advanced to Hebron.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Edom

Meaning:
red, earthy; of blood

Indexed occurrences: 0

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