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Edomite

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adjective

Edomite is defined as something related to an ancient region of the Dead Sea called Edom.
Something related to the region of Edom is an example of something described as Edomite.

noun

The definition of an Edomite is a person who lived in Edom during biblical times.
A woman in biblical times who lived in Edom is an example of an Edomite.

Edomite

Bible a descendant of Edom, or Esau; inhabitant of Edom: Gen. 36

Edomite

noun

A member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Edom.
The Semitic language of the Edomites.

Related Forms:

E′dom·it′ish
adjective

edomite

Proper noun

(plural Edomites)

(biblical) A person descended from Esau (Edom)
A Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Edomites in southwestern Jordan in the first millennium BCE, extinct from the 6th century BCE.

Origin

Edom +‎ -ite

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That the actual murderer was an Edomite may perhaps be associated with other traditions of Edomite hostility.
A summary of Edomite kings is ascribed to the period before the Israelite monarchy (vv.
Lotan, an Edomite name), of Isaac from Hagar-Ishmael, or of Jacob from Esau-Edom scarcely points to the relative antiquity of the origin of these nonIsraelite peoples who, to judge from the evidence, were closely related.
The Edomite genealogies (xxxvi.) represent a more extensive people than the references in the popular stories suggest, and the latter by no means indicate that Edom had so important a career as we actually gather from a few allusions to its kings (xxxvi.
Particular attention is paid to Edom and Jacob, and there is good evidence for a close relationship between Edomite and allied names and those of South Palestine (including Simeon and Judah).

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