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HebrewH6215Proper Noun (Masculine)

עֵשָׂו

e.sav

73Occurrences
H6215Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Esav, a son of Isaac, including his posterity

apparently a form of the passive participle of H6213 (עָשָׂה) in the original sense of handling; rough (i.e. sensibly felt);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; 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 ; 1x,54; Also named: e.dom (*אֱדוֹם *"Edom" H0123H) § 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עֵשָׂו appears 73 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
54
Deuteronomy
6
Obadiah
6
1 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
2
Malachi
2
Joshua
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:34BSB

Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:Esau and Israel.

Genesis 25:32BSB

“Look,” said Esau, “I am about to die, so what good is a birthright to me?”

Genesis 27:32BSB

But his father Isaac replied, “Who are you?”“I am Esau, your firstborn son,” he answered.

Genesis 33:16BSB

So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

Genesis 36:15BSB

These are the chiefs among the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.