Edom,

4 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Edom
     (1.) The name of Esau (q.v.), Gen. 25:30, "Feed me, I pray thee,
     with that same red pottage [Heb. haadom, haadom, i.e., 'the red
     pottage, the red pottage'] ...Therefore was his name called
     Edom", i.e., Red.
     


       (2.) Idumea (Isa. 34:5, 6; Ezek. 35:15). "The field of Edom"
     (Gen. 32:3), "the land of Edom" (Gen. 36:16), was mountainous
     (Obad. 1:8, 9, 19, 21). It was called the land, or "the mountain
     of Seir," the rough hills on the east side of the Arabah. It
     extended from the head of the Gulf of Akabah, the Elanitic gulf,
     to the foot of the Dead Sea (1 Kings 9:26), and contained, among
     other cities, the rock-hewn Sela (q.v.), generally known by the
     Greek name Petra (2 Kings 14:7). It is a wild and rugged region,
     traversed by fruitful valleys. Its old capital was Bozrah (Isa.
     63:1). The early inhabitants of the land were Horites. They were
     destroyed by the Edomites (Deut. 2:12), between whom and the
     kings of Israel and Judah there was frequent war (2 Kings 8:20;
     2 Chr. 28:17).
     
       At the time of the Exodus they churlishly refused permission
     to the Israelites to pass through their land (Num. 20:14-21),
     and ever afterwards maintained an attitude of hostility toward
     them. They were conquered by David (2 Sam. 8:14; comp. 1 Kings
     9:26), and afterwards by Amaziah (2 Chr. 25:11, 12). But they
     regained again their independence, and in later years, during
     the decline of the Jewish kingdom (2 Kings 16:6; R.V. marg.,
     "Edomites"), made war against Israel. They took part with the
     Chaldeans when Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem, and afterwards
     they invaded and held possession of the south of Palestine as
     far as Hebron. At length, however, Edom fell under the growing
     Chaldean power (Jer. 27:3, 6).
     
       There are many prophecies concerning Edom (Isa. 34:5, 6; Jer.
     49:7-18; Ezek. 25:13; 35:1-15; Joel 3:19; Amos 1:11; Obad.; Mal.
     1:3, 4) which have been remarkably fulfilled. The present
     desolate condition of that land is a standing testimony to the
     inspiration of these prophecies. After an existence as a people
     for above seventeen hundred years, they have utterly
     disappeared, and their language even is forgotten for ever. In
     Petra, "where kings kept their court, and where nobles
     assembled, there no man dwells; it is given by lot to birds, and
     beasts, and reptiles."
     
       The Edomites were Semites, closely related in blood and in
     language to the Israelites. They dispossessed the Horites of
     Mount Seir; though it is clear, from Gen. 36, that they
     afterwards intermarried with the conquered population. Edomite
     tribes settled also in the south of Judah, like the Kenizzites
     (Gen. 36:11), to whom Caleb and Othniel belonged (Josh. 15:17).
     The southern part of Edom was known as Teman.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Edom, red, earthy; of blood
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Edom, TX (city, FIPS 22744)
    Location: 32.37302 N, 95.61112 W
    Population (1990): 300 (132 housing units)
    Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 75756

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Edom, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    322
     Housing Units (2000): 141
     Land area (2000):     4.149445 sq. miles (10.747014 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.020555 sq. miles (0.053237 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    4.170000 sq. miles (10.800251 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            22744
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             32.377611 N, 95.616485 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     75756
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
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