Lexical Summary Idoumaia: Idumea, a region South of Judea Original Word: ἸδουμαίαTransliteration: Idoumaia Phonetic Spelling: (id-oo-mah'-yah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: Idumea, a region South of Judea Meaning: Idumea -- a region South of Judea Strong's Concordance Idumaea. Of Hebrew origin ('Edom); Idumaea (i.e. Edom), a region East (and South) of Palestine -- Idumaea. see HEBREW 'Edom Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2401: ἸδουμαίαἸδουμαία, Ιδουμαίας, ἡ, Idumaea, the name of a region between southern Palestine and Arabia Petraea, inhabited by Esau or Edom (Genesis 36:30) and his posterity (the Edomites) (Joshua 15:1, 21; Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7). The Edomites were first subjugated by David; but after his death they disputed Solomon's authority and in the reign of Joram recovered their liberty, which they maintained, transmitting from generation to generation their hatred of Israel, until they were conquered again by Hyrcanus and subjected to the government of the Jews: Mark 3:8. (For details of boundary and history, see Bertheau in Schenkel and Porter in B. D. under the word |