Dictionary: Nave's Topical Bible
- (Signifies red)
- A name of Esau, possibly on account of his being covered with red hairGe 25:25,30; 36:1,8,19
- 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 IDUMEAGe 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