Lexical Summary Esav: oldest son of Isaac Original Word: עֵשָׂוTransliteration: Esav Phonetic Spelling: (ay-sawv') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: oldest son of Isaac Meaning: Esau -- oldest son of Isaac Strong's Concordance Esau Apparently a form of the passive participle of asah in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. Sensibly felt); Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity -- Esau. see HEBREW asah Brown-Driver-Briggs H6215. Esav עֵשָׂו97 proper name, masculine Esau, Ησαυ; — Esau, elder son of Isaac Genesis 25:25-26, 7t. 25, 26:34; 27:1 24t. 27:27-28, 32:4 15t. 32:32, 33, 35, Joshua 24:4 (twice in verse); Malachi 1:2-3, 1 Chronicles 1:34; identification with אֱדוֺם Genesis 36:1, 8, 19, ancestor of Edomites 36:9; 36:43, compare 1 Chronicles 1:35; dwelling in Mt. Seir Genesis 36:8 (25 t. in all, Genesis 36) Deuteronomy 2:5; Joshua 24:4; עֵשָׂו בְּנֵי = Edomites Deuteronomy 2:4, 8, 12, 22, 29; עֵשָׂו = Edom Jeremiah 49:8; Obadiah 6, עֵשָׂו בֵּית 49:18; 49:18, עֵשָׂו הַר 49:18; 49:9; 49:19; 49:21. |
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