esau
IPA: ˈisɔ
Root Word: Esau
noun
- The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.
- (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname.
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Examples of "esau" in Sentences
- The meeting with Esau proved benign.
- Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage.
- They are associated with the descendents of Esau.
- I don't find them in the wikipedia article on Esau.
- She was the wife of Isaac and the mother of Jacob and Esau.
- In other words, all the wood Esau saw to saw, Esau sought to saw.
- It is not unreasonable that Esau had a son and a grandson named Korah.
- Esau found it difficult, however, to reach an agreement with the Albanians.
- A recapitulation of the generations from Adam to the time of Esau and Jacob.
- It was the mountainous region allotted to the descendants of Esau, the Edomites.
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