Idumaeann.adj.
/ʌɪdjuːˈmiːən//ɪdjuːˈmiːən/ A. n.
A member of the race inhabiting Idumæa.
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Idumaeanc897
PhilistineeOE
PhilisteeOE
Philistianc1375
Midianitea1382
Moabitea1382
Chaldee1382
Scytha1387
Ammonitea1393
Alana1450
Amorite1530
Kenite1535
Scythian1543
Nabatean1555
Illyrian1584
Sabaean1607
Hittite1608
Homerite1613
White Hun1653
Judahite1708
Alarodian1709
Cimmerian1797
Thamudite1833
Himyarite1842
Akkadian1857
Saka1880
Ephthalite1882
Kassite1888
Hurrian1911
Hattian1914
Tarsian1914
Subarian1923
Gutian1928
Urartian1934
Nesite1949
Luvian1961
Eblaite1976
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (1871) 387 Ezechiel... cwæð ðæt hie wolden weorðan forlorene & oferwunnene mid orsorgnesse, swa swa Idumeas wæron.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xi. 1 Forsothe kyng Salomon to brennyngly louede many hethen wymmen, the douȝter forsothe of Pharao, and Moabitis, and Amonytis, and Ydumees, and Cidonees, and Ethees.
1537 tr. Original & Sprynge All Sectes 55 Idumeans.
1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. 679 Simon the sonne of Cathla,..spake vnto the Idumæans from a tower, and commanded them to cast down their armes.
1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Lamentable Hist. Wars of Iewes iv. vi, in tr. Josephus Wks. 677 (margin) Twenty thousand Idumæans come to Ierusalem.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xii. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 381 He fell upon the Idumeans, the posterity of Esau, at Acrabattene.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 437/1 The Idumæans marched to the assistance of Jerusalem when it was besieged by Titus.
1863 Chambers's Encycl. V. 499/2 The Idumæan, Antipater.
1936 C. Roth Short Hist. Jewish People viii. 78 The age-long enmity between the Jews and Idumaeans (Edomites), which had found its expression in the raids of Judah the Maccabee, culminated in the final subjection of the country.
1968 P. Needham tr. M. Gelzer Caesar v. 251 The Idumaean Antipater, the minister of the Jewish High Priest Hyrcanus.
B. adj.
Of or belonging to Idumæa or Edom, an ancient kingdom situated between Egypt and Palestine.
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MidianitishOE
MoabitishOE
Ammonitea1325
Moabitea1325
Amalekitea1382
Midianitea1382
Amorite1530
Scythian1567
Philistian1569
Sabaeana1586
Scythian-likea1599
Nabatean1614
Philistean1623
Scythic1623
Chaldean1732
Alarodian1737
Philistinian1773
Judahite1797
Philistine1842
Moabitic1851
Himyaritic1854
Akkadian1856
Scythized1861
Cimmerian1862
Idumaean1863
Himyaric1864
Hittite1871
Kassite1894
Hattian1908
Khaldian1908
Kenite1911
Hattic1913
Ephthalite1920
Subarian1923
Hurrian1928
Gutian1929
Saka1958
Luvian1963
Urartian1965
Eblaite1976
1863 Chambers's Encycl. V. 343/1 The family was of Idumean descent.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 754/1 Herod was the name of a family of Idumæan origin.
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