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Strong's #6215: `Esav (pronounced ay-sawv')

apparently a form of the passive participle of 6213 in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt); Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity:--Esau.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ׂ

‛êśâv

Esau = "hairy"

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

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: apparently a form of the passive participle of H6213 in the original sense of handling



Usage:

This word is used 97 times:

Genesis 35:29: "and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried"
Genesis 36:1: "Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom."
Genesis 36:2: " Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan;"
Genesis 36:4: "And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bore"
Genesis 36:5: "and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan."
Genesis 36:6: " And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons"
Genesis 36:8: "Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom."
Genesis 36:8: "Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom."
Genesis 36:9: "And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:"
Genesis 36:10: "These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife"
Genesis 36:10: "the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife"
Genesis 36:10: "the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau."
Genesis 36:12: "was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz"
Genesis 36:12: "these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife."
Genesis 36:13: "were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife."
Genesis 36:14: "of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau"
Genesis 36:14: "Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah."
Genesis 36:15: "These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau;"
Genesis 36:15: "the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar,"
Genesis 36:17: "And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke"
Genesis 36:17: "these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife."
Genesis 36:18: "And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke"
Genesis 36:18: "that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife."
Genesis 36:19: "These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes."
Genesis 36:40: "And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke"
Genesis 36:43: "in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites."
Deuteronomy 2:4: "the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of"
Deuteronomy 2:5: "as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession."
Deuteronomy 2:8: "from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way"
Deuteronomy 2:12: "in Seir formerly; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before"
Deuteronomy 2:22: "As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed"
Deuteronomy 2:29: "(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar,"
Joshua 24:4: "unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount"
Joshua 24:4: "Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess"
1 Chronicles 1:34: "Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel."
1 Chronicles 1:35: "The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah."
Jeremiah 49:8: "for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit"
Jeremiah 49:10: "But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places,"
Obadiah 1:6: "How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!"
Obadiah 1:8: "men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?"
Obadiah 1:9: "to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter."
Obadiah 1:18: "of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not"
Obadiah 1:18: "be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken"
Obadiah 1:19: "shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess"
Obadiah 1:21: "to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's."
Malachi 1:2: "Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD:"
Malachi 1:3: "And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons"









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