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Edomite

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edomnoun(historical) A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
adahnounA female given name from Hebrew.
amaleknounThe nation said to be descended from him, living mostly in the Negev and some later migrating to Israel.
isaacnoun(biblical) The son of Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob, from whom the Hebrew people trace their descent.
amalecnounThe nation that purportedly traced their ancestry to this grandson.
hebrewnoun(uncountable) The Semitic language spoken by the Hebrew people.
idumaeanoun(historical) An ancient region in the south of Judea in modern Israel and the West Bank, inhabited by the Edomites during the Hellenistic period and Roman occupation.
idumeanoun(historical) Alternative form of Idumaea. [(historical) An ancient region in the south of Judea in modern Israel and the West Bank, inhabited by the Edomites during the Hellenistic period and Roman occupation.]
ephraimitenoun(history, chiefly biblical) An allegiant of the Israelite tribal patriarch Ephraim, a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
amalekitenounA descendant of the Biblical Amalek.
ishmaelitenounAny descendant of Ishmael.
bozrahnounAn ancient biblical city in southern modern-day Jordan, the capital of Edom.
judithnounA female given name from Hebrew.
esaunoun(biblical) The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.
esd.nounAbbreviation of Esdras. [(biblical) any of four books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha of the Bible.]
ephraimnounThe younger son of Joseph in the Bible, eponymous ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
judahitenounA descendant or member of the tribe of Judah.
hebrewistnounA scholar who is expert in the Hebrew language.
jacobnounA male given name from Hebrew.
shemitenounA Semite, especially a descendant of the Biblical Shem.

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