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Esau
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity
Derivation: apparently a form of the passive participle of H6213 (עָשָׂה) in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt);
KJV Usage: Esau.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֵשָׂו (e.sav) — Esau. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.25; son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259); brother of: Israel (H3478); married to Oholibamah (H0173), Judith (H3067), Adah (H5711H) and Mahalath (H4258); father of: Eliphaz (H0464), Reuel (H7467), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); also called Edom at Gen.25.30; 36.1,8,19,21; 1x,54; Also named: e.dom (אֱדוֹם "Edom" H0123H) § Esau = "hairy" eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples
עֵשָׂו (e.sav) — Esau. People descended from Esau = "hairy" eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples Another name of e.dom (אֱדוֹם "Edom" H0123H)
עֵשָׂו (e.sav) — (Mount) Esau.
§ Esau = "hairy" eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Names of People | ≈ אֱדֹום
Esau = man; ◄ son of Isaac and older brother of Jacob; ► who sold his birthright for a bowl of lentil stew; regarded as ancestor of the Edomites
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֵשָׂו 97 n.pr.m. Esau base