Strong H6215H6215Hעֵשָׂו
Esau
One of the 3 senses of Strong H6215
- Transliteration
- ‛êώâv
- Pronunciation
- ay-sawv'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Esau, also called Edom, was Isaac's firstborn son who sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob and became the father of the Edomites.
Meaning of the name
People from Esau = "hairy"
General definition
Apparently a form of the passive participle of H6213 in the original sense of handling;
rough (that {is} sensibly felt);
{Esav} a son of {Isaac} including his posterity: - Esau.
rough (that {is} sensibly felt);
{Esav} a son of {Isaac} including his posterity: - Esau.
In the biblical story
Esau
Isaac's firstborn son; sold birthright to Jacob; became Edom.
Esau, also called Edom, was Isaac's firstborn son who sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob and became the father of the Edomites.
In the Bible
Strong H6215H appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- esau15
First verses
- Genesis 36:40And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
- Genesis 36:43Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
- Deuteronomy 2:4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
- Deuteronomy 2:5Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 2:8And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
- Deuteronomy 2:12The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
- Deuteronomy 2:22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
- Deuteronomy 2:29(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us.
- 1 Chronicles 1:35The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
- Jeremiah 49:8Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
- Jeremiah 49:10But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
- Obadiah 1:6How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
- Obadiah 1:18And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it.
- Malachi 1:2I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,
- Malachi 1:3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.