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Idumea

Idumea is a region mentioned in 1 verse. Its most likely location is Idumea. The name means “red; earthy; bloody.”

panorama of hills in Idumea
panorama of hills in Idumea · Photo: דניאל ונטורה (GFDL), via Wikimedia Commons

Where is Idumea?

Approx. 31.5251, 35.1022 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
IdumearegionHigh

Idumea in the Bible dictionary

The Greek form of Edom (Isa. 34:5, 6; Ezek. 35:15; 36:5, but in R.V. “Edom”).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Verses that mention Idumea

  • Mark 3:8

    And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.