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Definition of Idumeans

Idumean
Idumean Id`u*me"an, a. Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea, or Edom, in Western Asia. -- n. An inhabitant of Idumea, an Edomite.

Meaning of Idumeans from wikipedia

- considered evidence that the Idumeans indeed adopted Jewish customs after conversion, were actually used by the Idumeans even earlier than by the Judeans...
- excavations in Elephantine, where a mixed po****tion of Arabs, Jews and Idumeans lived under the protection of a Persian-Mesopotamian garrison. The word...
- themselves in the Temple. Urged by John of Gischala, they summoned the Idumeans, who entered the city under the cover of a storm and aided in the m****acre...
- Antipater's Idumaean character, Afric**** claims Antipater was kidnapped by the Idumeans, and following his father's failure to pay ransom, he was taken down to...
- also the Galilee and Transjordan. In the beginning of this process the Idumeans, who had infiltrated southern Judea after the destruction of the First...
- (also known as Edom), and forced Idumeans to convert to Judaism: Hyrc**** ... subdued all the Idumeans; and permitted them to stay in that country...
- and Jew when they converted Idumeans but others, who held a strict interpretation of Deuteronomy 17:15, feared the Idumean Herodians would usurp the Hasmoneans...
- and forced to retreat into the Temple. Urged by John, they summoned the Idumeans, who entered the city during a storm and, alongside the Zealots, m****acred...
- Nabataean Petra, Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH, 2013 pp.35–55 pp.47–48: 'the Idumean texts indicate that a large portion of the community in southern Palestine...
- Zealots seized power, overthrew the moderate government, and invited the Idumeans, who m****acred opposition leaders and consolidated their control. By 68...