Idumaea

or Id·u·me·a

[ id-yoo-mee-uh ]

noun

1. Greek name of Edom.

Other Words From

• Idu·maean Idu·mean adjective noun

Example Sentences

Henceforth, the new home of the Edomites is consequently known as Idumaea.

From Project Gutenberg

And they went through Idumaea, and encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and made engines of war; and they of Bethsura came out, and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly.

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And they came into Idumaea, and encamped at Bethsura; and Judas met them with ten thousand men.

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But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.

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The descendant of old John Hyrcanus of Idumaea—a Jew only by compulsion—had no understanding of the children of Moses.

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