Lexical Definition

‎עֵשָׂו‎ ʻÊsâv (ay-sawv') Esau ^N:N-M-P
apparently a form of the passive participle of ‎עָשָׂה‎ in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt)

Esau.

• § Esau = "hairy"
• Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity

1) 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

See Greek: Ἠσαῦ

Extended Information

group of: עֵשָׂו

• People descended from Esau = "hairy"
• Another name of e.dom (‎א‎ֱ‎דו‎ֹ‎ם‎ "Edom" אֱדֹם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֵשָׂו‎₉₇ proper name, masculine Esau, Ησαυ; — Esau, elder son of Isaac Gen 25:25; Gen 25:26 + 7 t. 25, Gen 26:34; Gen 27:1 + 24 t. Gen 27:27; Gen 27:28, Gen 32:4* + 15 t. Gen 32:32*; Gen 32:33*; Gen 32:35, Josh 24:4 (twice in verse); Mal 1:2; Mal 1:3; 1Chr 1:34 identification with ‎אֱדוֺם‎ Gen 36:1; Gen 36:8; Gen 36:19, ancestor of Edomites vGen 36:9 vGen 36:43, compare 1Chr 1:35 dwelling in Mt. Seir Gen 36:8 (25 t. in all, Gen 36) Deut 2:5; Josh 24:4 ‎בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו‎ = Edomites Deut 2:4; Deut 2:8; Deut 2:12; Deut 2:22; Deut 2:29 ‎עֵשָׂו‎ = Edom Jer 49:8; Obad 1:6, ‎בֵּית עֵשָׂו‎ vJer 49:18 vJer 49:18, ‎הַר עֵשָׂו‎ vJer 49:18 vJer 49:9 vJer 49:19 vJer 49:21.

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