Strong H6215H6215Iעֵשָׂו
(Mount) Esau
One of the 3 senses of Strong H6215
- Transliteration
- ‛êώâv
- Pronunciation
- ay-sawv'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Mount Esau, the mountainous region of Edom, against which the prophet Obadiah declared God's judgment for their hostility toward Israel.
Meaning of the name
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 Mount
Mountainous region of Edom; judgment prophesied by Obadiah
Mount Esau, the mountainous region of Edom, against which the prophet Obadiah declared God's judgment for their hostility toward Israel.
In the Bible
Strong H6215I appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- esau4
First verses
- Obadiah 1:8Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
- Obadiah 1:9And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
- Obadiah 1:19And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.
- Obadiah 1:21And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.