Edom, e'-dom (Heb.)–red; reddish; ruddy.

a The name that was given to Esau because of the red pottage for which he sold his birthright to Jacob (Gen. 25:30; 36:1-19). b The country where Esau's descendants lived (Gen. 36:l6); this country is also called Mount Seir and Idumæa.

Meta. The outer man, the body, or the carnal, physical phase of man's consciousness and organism.