Idumaean

E90677

demonym ethnonym

Idumaean refers to a person from Idumea (Edom), a region south of Judea whose inhabitants were integrated into the Jewish state in the late Second Temple period and are historically associated with figures like Herod the Great.

Aliases (2)

Idumean ×1
Idumean-Judean ×1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demonym → ethnonym →
ancientPeopleOf	Near East →
associatedWithPropheticOraclesAgainst	Book of Obadiah → Isaiah 34 →
biblicalOppositionTheme	often portrayed as rival of Israel →
citizenshipStatusAfterIntegration	incorporated into Judean polity →
culturalRegion	Levant →
derivesFrom	Greek Ἰδουμαῖος (Idoumaios) → Latin Idumaeus →
ethnicGroupOf	Edom → Idumea →
geopoliticalRole	buffer region between Judea and Nabataea →
governedBy	Hasmonean kingdom →
historicallyAssociatedWith	Herod the Great NERFINISHED → Herodian dynasty →
historicalPeriod	Second Temple period →
integratedInto	Jewish state →
integrationPeriod	late Second Temple period →
languageAssociated	Edomite language →
laterLanguageShiftTo	Aramaic → Koine Greek →
laterReligiousAssociation	Judaism →
locatedInHistoricalRegion	south of Judea →
mentionedIn	Hebrew Bible → New Testament context → Old Testament →
modernScholarlyField	studied in Near Eastern history → studied in archaeology of the Levant → studied in biblical studies →
notableIndividual	Herod Antipas NERFINISHED → Herod the Great NERFINISHED →
politicalRole	provided ruling dynasty of Judea under Rome →
refersTo	person from Edom → person from Idumea →
regionCorrespondsRoughlyTo	southern Transjordan and Negev area →
relatedEthnonym	Edomite →
religiousAssociation	Edomite religion →
subjectTo	forced Judaization under John Hyrcanus →
termUsage	Greco-Roman sources →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Herod the Great → Herodias ("Idumean-Judean") →	ethnicGroup
Herod Archelaus ("Idumean") →	ethnicity