(Mount) Esau
עֵשָׂוStrong’s H6215esav (e-sav)
Appears in 82 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Esav is the Hebrew word usually translated “esau”. It appears in 82 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.”
Meaning
- Edom
- Edomite, Idumean-descendants of Esau
- Land of Edom, Idumea-land south and south east of Palestine
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.25
- § Esau = "hairy"
How it's translated
- esau 86
- to esau 8
- and esau 2
- for esau 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 63
- Deuteronomy 6
- Obadiah 6
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Malachi 2
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 25:26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
- Genesis 25:27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
- Genesis 25:28And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
- Genesis 25:29And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
- Genesis 25:30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
- Genesis 25:32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
All 82 verses, by book
- Genesis 63
- 25:2525:2625:2725:2825:2925:3025:3225:3426:3427:127:527:627:1127:1527:1927:2127:2227:2327:2427:3027:3227:3427:3727:3827:4127:4228:528:628:828:932:332:432:632:832:1132:1332:1732:1832:1933:133:433:933:1533:1635:135:2936:136:236:436:536:636:836:936:1036:1236:1336:1436:1536:1736:1836:1936:4036:43
- Joshua 1
- 24:4
Hebrew dictionary
אֱדוֹם edom · Edom
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.25; son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259); brother of: Israel (H3478); married to Oholibamah (H0173), Judith (H3067), Adah (H5711H) and Mahalath (H4258); father of: Eliphaz (H0464), Reuel (H7467), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); also called Edom at Gen.25.30; 36.1,8,19,21; 1x,54; Another name of e.sav (עֵשָׂו "Esau" H6215G) § Edom = "red" 1) Edom 2) Edomite, Idumean-descendants of Esau 3) land of Edom, Idumea-land south and south east of Palestine
עֵשָׂו esav · Esau
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.25; son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259); brother of: Israel (H3478); married to Oholibamah (H0173), Judith (H3067), Adah (H5711H) and Mahalath (H4258); father of: Eliphaz (H0464), Reuel (H7467), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); also called Edom at Gen.25.30; 36.1,8,19,21; 1x,54; Also named: e.dom (אֱדוֹם "Edom" H0123H) § Esau = "hairy" …
עֵשָׂו esav · (Mount) Esau
§ Esau = "hairy" eldest son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob; sold the birthright for food when he was hungry and the divine blessing went to Jacob; progenitor of the Arab peoples
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.