Esau

See also: Esaú, Esaù, and Ésaü

English

Alternative forms

Esav

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈiːsɔː/
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈisɑ/
Rhymes: (UK, US) -iːsɔ, (Canada) -iːsɑ

Proper noun

Esau

The son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 25:27, column 2:
  And the boyes grew; and Eſau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents.
(rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
A surname.

Related terms

Edom

Translations

son of Isaac and Rebekah

Aghwan: 𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒 (yeso)
Arabic: عِيسُو m (ʕīsū)
Armenian: Եսավ (Esav)
Old Armenian: Եսաւ (Esaw)
Catalan: Esaú (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 以掃／以扫 (ji⁵ sou³)

Mandarin: 以掃／以扫 (Yǐsǎo)
Czech: Ezau m
Dutch: Esau
Ewe: Esau m
Finnish: Esau
French: Ésaü (fr)
German: Esau
Greek: Ησαύ (el) m (Isáf)
Ancient: Ἡσαῦ m (Hēsaû)
Hebrew: עֵשָׂו m ('esáv)
Italian: Esaù m
Japanese: エサウ (Esau)
Kazakh: Есау (Esau)
Korean: 에서 (ko) (Eseo), 에사우 (Esau), 에사오 (Esao)
Latin: Ēsāus m
Macedonian: Исав m (Isav)
Maltese: Għesaw
Maore Comorian: Îzu
Polish: Ezaw (pl) m
Portuguese: Esaú (pt)
Romanian: Esau, Isav
Russian: Иса́в (ru) m (Isáv)
Spanish: Esaú (es) m
Swedish: Esau
Yiddish: עשׂו m (eysev)

Anagrams

EUAs, UAEs, eaus

Ewe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈisaʊ/

Proper noun

Esau

Esau (biblical character)
a male given name

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Esau, from Ancient Greek Ἡσαῦ (Hēsaû), from Biblical Hebrew עֵשָׂו (ʿēśāw).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːzaʊ̯/

Proper noun

Esau m (proper noun, strong, genitive Esaus)

(biblical) Esau

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