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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Idumea (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 advised s****ing outside help. In response, the Zealots summoned the Idumeans, who entered Jerusalem in early 68 after the Zealots opened the gates under...
- excavations in Elephantine, where a mixed po****tion of Arabs, Jews and Idumeans lived under the protection of a Persian-Mesopotamian garrison. The word...
- all Jerusalem, the Zealots, driven to desperation, asked the Edomites (Idumeans) for ****istance in preventing the delivery of the city to the Romans. When...
- Eleazar and John seize control of the entire city. In the summer of 68, the Idumeans from the south imposed their support for the Zealots by helping John and...
- wars of expansion of the Hasmoneans and the forced conversions of the Idumeans, the political rift between them became wider when a Pharisee named Eleazar...