Lexicon Esav: oldest son of Isaac Original Word: עֵשָׂוPart of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Transliteration: Esav Phonetic Spelling: (ay-sawv') Short Definition: Esau NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom asahDefinitionoldest son of Isaac NASB TranslationEsau (84), Esau's (13).
Brown-Driver-Briggs עֵשָׂו97 proper name, masculine Esau, Ησαυ; — Esau, elder son of Isaac Genesis 25:25,26 7t. 25, Genesis 26:34; Genesis 27:1 24t. Genesis 27:27, 28, Genesis 32:4 15t. Genesis 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 Genesis 36:9; Genesis 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; בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו = Edomites Deuteronomy 2:4,8,12,22,29; עֵשָׂו = Edom Jeremiah 49:8; Obadiah 6, בֵּית עֵשָׂו Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 49:18, הַר עֵשָׂו Jeremiah 49:18; Jeremiah 49:9; Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 49:21. Strong's 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 |
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