Strongs Number: H6215
- Hebrew Word
- עֵשָׂו
- Transliteration
- ʻÊsâv
- Phonetic
- ay-sawv'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
rough (that {is} sensibly felt); {Esav} a son of {Isaac} including his posterity
- BDB Definition
-
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
- Origin
- Apparently a form of the passive participle of H6213 in the original sense of handling
- Bible Usage
- Esau.