How do you use Edom in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Edom meaning
- The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible.
- A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau.
- Rome, the Roman Empire.
Using Edom
- The main meaning on this page is: The name given to Esau in the Hebrew Bible. | A region whose inhabitants, the Edomites, traditionally traced their ancestry to Esau. | Rome, the Roman Empire.
- In the example corpus, edom often appears in combinations such as: of edom, edom is, edom and.
Context around Edom
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Edom
- In this selection, "edom" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, powers, days, esau, eventually, revolted and treated stand out and add context to how "edom" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against esau edom and capital of edom and later. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "edom" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with edom
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Edom eventually evolved into the Roman Empire. (7 words)
After all they are the children of Edom. (8 words)
Edom revolted, and he was forced to acknowledge their independence. (10 words)
His purpose was to make it known that according to his God, if members of the same family were to treat each other in the same manner as Edom treated the Israelites, they too may be subject to the wrath of God. (42 words)
According to the Sages, this was a prophetic reference to the End of Days, when Jacob's descendants will come to Mount Seir, the home of Edom, to deliver judgment against Esau's descendants for persecuting them throughout the millennia (see ). (41 words)
Dever (2005), p. Yahweh, the national god of both Israel and Judah, seems to have originated in Edom and Midian in southern Canaan and may have been brought to Israel by the Kenites and Midianites at an early stage. (39 words)
Example sentences (19)
The ) notes that the land of Edom is significant because it is the source of judgment and affliction.
Edom eventually evolved into the Roman Empire.
In the Hellenic period, Petra was a thriving city, the capital of Edom, and later the capital of the Nabatean kingdom.
After all they are the children of Edom.
According to the Sages, this was a prophetic reference to the End of Days, when Jacob's descendants will come to Mount Seir, the home of Edom, to deliver judgment against Esau's descendants for persecuting them throughout the millennia (see ).
Among the heathen great powers, Edom was held in low regard.
But the Day of the Lord was at hand for all nations, and someday the children of Israel would return from their exile and possess the land of Edom.
Dever (2005), p. Yahweh, the national god of both Israel and Judah, seems to have originated in Edom and Midian in southern Canaan and may have been brought to Israel by the Kenites and Midianites at an early stage.
Edom is to be destroyed due to its lack of defense for its brother nation, Israel, when it was under attack.
Edom revolted, and he was forced to acknowledge their independence.
He is identified with the Obadiah who was the servant of Ahab, and it is said that he was chosen to prophesy against Edom because he was himself an Edomite.
His purpose was to make it known that according to his God, if members of the same family were to treat each other in the same manner as Edom treated the Israelites, they too may be subject to the wrath of God.
Jacob feared that his descendants would never be free of Esau's domination, but God assured him that at the End of Days, Edom too would come falling down.
Moreover, having lived with two such godless persons as Ahab and Jezebel without learning to act as they did, he seemed the most suitable person to prophesy against Esau (Edom).
Some scholars have suggested that Amos ’s reference to Edom is symbolic of all nations who were once enemies of Israel and not meant to literally mean Edomites in the flesh.
The child responded, "I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel" ( Ez.
The king of Edom refuses permission to the Israelites to pass through his land and they go round it.
The post-destruction term for the Jewish Diaspora was " Rome ", or " Edom ".
W.J. Deane and J.R. Thomson write this valid conclusion, “The Book of Obadiah is occupied with one subject – the punishment of Edom for its cruel and unbrotherly love conduct towards Judah..
Common combinations with edom
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of edom 7×
- edom is 3×
- edom and 2×