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Omar

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H201

אוֹמָר

o.mar — Omar

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.11; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Teman (H8487), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Omar = "speaker" or "eloquent" grandson of Esau

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2370

חֲזָה

cha.zah — to see

1) to see, behold 1a)(P'al) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, behold, witness 1a3) to behold (in a dream or vision) 1a4) customary, seemly (passive)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H464

אֱלִיפַז

e.li.phaz — Eliphaz

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.4; son of: Esau (H6215) and Adah (H5711H); half-brother of: Reuel (H7467), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); married to Timna (H8555); father of: Teman (H8487), Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Eliphaz = "my God is (fine) gold" 1) Esau's son, father of Teman 2) the Temanite friend of Job

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7073

קְנַז

qe.naz — Kenaz

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.11; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Teman (H8487), Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Kenaz = "hunter" 1) son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau; one of the dukes of Edom 2) a brother of Caleb and father of Othniel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8487

תֵּימָן

te.man — Teman

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.11; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Teman = "south" 1) son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, and one of the dukes of Edom 2) the tribe descended from 1 noted for the wisdom of its people 3) the region occupied by the descendants of 1, located east of Idumea

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GREEK · G5576

ψευδομαρτυρέω

pseudomartureō — to perjure

ψευδο-μαρτυρέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Exo.20:16, Deu.5:20 (17) (עָנָה), Da TH Su 1:61 AB2R (see ψευδομάρτυς) * ;] to bear false witness: Mat.19:18, Mrk.10:19, Luk.18:20" (LXX) ; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Mrk.14:56-57 (Xen., Plat., al.).† (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1609

גַּעְתָּם

ga.tam — Gatam

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.11; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Teman (H8487), Omar (H0201), Zepho (H6825), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Gatam = "a burnt valley" fourth son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau and one of the dukes of Eliphaz

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6825

צְפוֹ, צְפִי

tse.pho — Zepho

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.11; son of: Eliphaz (H0464); brother of: Teman (H8487), Omar (H0201), Gatam (H1609), Kenaz (H7073), Amalek (H6002H) and Korah (H7141H) § Zepho or Zephi = "watch-tower" son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau and one of the chiefs of the Edomites

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GREEK · G5575

ψευδομάρτυρ

pseudomartur — false witness

ψευδο-μάρτυς, -υρος, ὁ [in LXX: Dan LXX Su 1:60-61 Bl * ;] a false witness: Mat.26:60; with genitive obj. (see WM, § 30, 1a), 1Co.15:15.† (AS)

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GREEK · G4303

προμαρτύρομαι

promarturomai — to predict

προ-μαρτύρομαι to protest beforehand (cf. μαρτύρομαι, and V. Hort, in l): 1Pe.1:11 (elsewhere only in Theod. Met., xiv/AD.).† (AS)

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GREEK · G8403

νόμιμος

nomimos — lawful

1. conformable to custom, usage , or law, customary, prescriptive, established, lawful, rightful , (Euripides):—; νόμιμόν [ ἐστί] τινι ποιεῖν τι (Xenophon Historicus) 2. νόμιμα, ων, τά, usages, customs , (Herdotus Historicus), attic 3. funeral rites , Lat. justa, (Thucydides) 4. adverb -μως, (Plato Philosophus): comparative -ώτερον (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)

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Historical dictionary entry

Eloquent, the son of Eliphaz, who was Esau’s eldest son (Gen. 36:11-15).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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