Idumaean

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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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Idumaean canonical 4
Idumaean aristocracy 1
Idumean 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf demonym ⓘ
ethnonym ⓘ
ancientPeopleOf Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Near East
associatedWithPropheticOraclesAgainst Book of Obadiah ⓘ
Isaiah 34 ⓘ
biblicalOppositionTheme often portrayed as rival of Israel ⓘ
citizenshipStatusAfterIntegration incorporated into Judean polity ⓘ
culturalRegion Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant
derivesFrom Greek Ἰδουμαῖος (Idoumaios) ⓘ
Latin Idumaeus ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Edom ⓘ
Idumea ⓘ
geopoliticalRole buffer region between Judea and Nabataea ⓘ
governedBy Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hasmonean kingdom
historicallyAssociatedWith Herod the Great ⓘ
Herodian dynasty ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
surface form: 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 Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament context ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
modernScholarlyField studied in Near Eastern history ⓘ
studied in archaeology of the Levant ⓘ
studied in biblical studies ⓘ
notableIndividual Herod Antipas ⓘ
Herod the Great ⓘ
politicalRole Herodian dynasty ⓘ
surface form: 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 (7)

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

Herod the Great → ethnicGroup → Idumaean ⓘ
Herodias → ethnicGroup → Idumaean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idumean-Judean
Herod Archelaus → ethnicity → Idumaean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idumean
Herod of Chalcis → ethnicGroup → Idumaean ⓘ
Pheroras → ethnicGroup → Idumaean ⓘ
Greek Ἰδουμαῖος (Idoumaios) → meaning → Idumaean ⓘ
subject surface form: Ἰδουμαῖος
Salome (sister of Herod the Great) → associatedWith → Idumaean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Idumaean aristocracy