Esau [N] [H] [S] hairy, Rebekah's first-born twin son ( Genesis 25:25 ). The name of Edom, "red", was also given to him from his conduct in connection with the red lentil "pottage" for which he sold his birthright (30,31). The circumstances connected with his birth foreshadowed the enmity which afterwards subsisted between the twin brothers and the nations they founded ( Genesis 25:22 Gene... View Details
Eliphaz [N] [H] [S] God his strength. One of Job's "three friends" who visited him in his affliction ( 4:1 ). He was a "Temanite", i.e., a native of Teman, in Idumea. He first enters into debate with Job. His language is uniformly more delicate and gentle than that of the other two, although he imputes to Job special sins as the cause of his present sufferings. He states with remarkable force... View Details
|friend of God,| Moses' father-in-law, also an Edomite, a Gadite, and a Benjamite
Jeush [N] [H] [S] assembler. The oldest of Esau's three sons by Aholibamah ( Genesis 36:5 Genesis 36:14Genesis 36:18 ). A son of Bilhan, grandson of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 7:10 ). A Levite, one of the sons of Shimei ( 1 Chronicles 23:10 1 Chronicles 23:11 ). One of the three sons of Rehoboam ( 2 ... View Details
Jaalam [N] [H] [S] concealer, the second of Esau's three sons by Aholibamah ( Genesis 36:5 Genesis 36:14 ). These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.