Idumeans

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Semitic people ancient people

The Idumeans were an ancient Semitic people inhabiting the region of Edom/Idumea, south of Judea, known for their interactions and eventual integration with the Jewish population during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Edomite 1
Herod the Great 0
Idumaea (Latin toponym for Idumea) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFrom Edomite fortresses ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
borderedBy Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Negev NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenshipStatusAfterConquest incorporated into Hasmonean state ⓘ
conqueredBy Hasmonean Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Hyrcanus I NERFINISHED ⓘ
conquestDateApprox late 2nd century BCE ⓘ
culturalInfluences Arabian culture ⓘ
Hellenistic culture ⓘ
Israelite culture ⓘ
declinePeriod after First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicIdentityStatusByLateAntiquity largely assimilated into broader Jewish and local populations ⓘ
ethnicity Semitic ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Idumean NERFINISHED ⓘ
forcedConversionTo Judaism ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iron Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
inhabitedRegion Edom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Idumea NERFINISHED ⓘ
south of Judea ⓘ
integratedInto Jewish population ⓘ
Judean society ⓘ
interactedWith Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
Judeans NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn Incense trade routes ⓘ
languageFamily Northwest Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterPracticedReligion Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay northwestern Jordan ⓘ
southern Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern West Bank ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
nameDerivedFrom Edom NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIndividual Herod the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatusUnderRome part of Roman client kingdom of Judea ⓘ
practicedReligion Edomite religion ⓘ
relatedTo Edomites NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
scriptUsed Aramaic script ⓘ
Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Idoumaia → associatedPeople → Idumeans ⓘ
Costobarus → ethnicity → Idumeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idumean
tetrarchy of Herod Antipas → ethnicGroup → Idumeans ⓘ
Korah → ethnicIdentity → Idumeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edomite
Latin Idumaeus → derivesFrom → Idumeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idumaea (Latin toponym for Idumea)