Name given by the Greeks and Romans to Edom, from the 3rd century BC. (Mark 3:8). This name is used by the LXX version in Greco-Roman times to translate the name of the region of the Idumeans, a land located south of Palestine and occupied by this people after the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in the year 587 BC.
Meaning of IDUMEA
Name given by the Greeks and Romans to Edom, from the 3rd century BC. (Mark 3:8). This name is used by the LXX version in Greco-Roman times to translate the name of the region of the Idumeans, a land located south of Palestine and occupied by this people after the taking of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in the year 587 BC.


