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Meaning of "Esau" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ESAU

Esau  [ˈiːsɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ESAU

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preposition
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Esau is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ESAU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Esau

Esau

Esau, in the Jewish Bible, is the older son of Isaac. He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis, and by the prophets, Obadiah and Malachi. The New Testament of the Christian Bible alludes to him in St Paul's Letter to the Romans and in the Letter to the Hebrews. Esau is the progenitor of the Edomites and the elder twin brother of Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites. Esau and Jacob were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the twins, Esau was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel. Isaac was sixty years old and Rebekah is believed to have been younger when the boys were born. The grandfather Abraham was still alive, being 160 years old at that time. Esau, a "man of the field" became a hunter who had "rough" qualities that distinguished him from his twin brother. Jacob was a shy or simple man, depending on the translation of the Hebrew word "Tam". Throughout Genesis, Esau is frequently shown as being supplanted by his younger twin Jacob.

Definition of Esau in the English dictionary

The definition of Esau in the dictionary is son of Isaac and Rebecca and twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ESAU


Arkansas
ˈɑːkənˌsɔː
band-saw
ˈbændˌsɔː
bandsaw
ˈbændsɔː
buzzsaw
ˈbʌzsɔː
Chickasaw
ˈtʃɪkəˌsɔː
dinosaur
ˈdaɪnəˌsɔː
jigsaw
ˈdʒɪɡˌsɔː
lessor
ˈlɛsɔː
Luxor
ˈlʌksɔː
Mysore
maɪˈsɔː
oversaw
ˌəʊvəˈsɔː
ripsaw
ˈrɪpˌsɔː
saw
sɔː
seesaw
ˈsiːˌsɔː
soar
sɔː
soare
sɔː
sore
sɔː
titanosaur
taɪˈtænəˌsɔː
tyrannosaur
tɪˈrænəˌsɔː
Warsaw
ˈwɔːsɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ESAU

Erzgebirge
Erzurum
es
ESA
Esaki diode
ESB
Esbjerg

WORDS THAT END LIKE ESAU

au
beau
Bissau
bureau
cadeau
chateau
Cocteau
Dessau
Frau
Guinea-Bissau
Herisau
Hesse-Nassau
Louis of Nassau
Nassau
nouveau
Palau
Pau
tau
Tokelau
Zwickau

Synonyms and antonyms of Esau in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Esau» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ESAU

Find out the translation of Esau to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Esau from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Esau» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

以扫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Esaú
570 millions of speakers

English

Esau
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एसाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عيسو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Исав
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Esau
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এষৌ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Esaü
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Esau
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Esau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

エサウ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

야곱
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Esau
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Ê-sau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏசா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एसाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Esav
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Esaù
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ezaw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Ісав
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Esau
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ησαύ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Esau
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Esau
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Esau
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Esau

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ESAU»

The term «Esau» is regularly used and occupies the 58.419 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ESAU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Esau

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESAU»

Discover the use of Esau in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Esau and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Esau's Plant Anatomy: Meristems, Cells, and Tissues of the ...
"There are few more iconic texts in botany than Esau’s Plant Anatomy… this 3rd edition is a very worthy successor to previous editions…" ANNALS OF BOTANY, June 2007
Ray F. Evert, 2006
2
Esau: A Novel
A modern version of a classic biblical story about the rivalry of two brothers, Esau and Jacob. In this one, when Jacob steals his woman and inherits the family bakery, Esau emigrates to America to become a gourmet food columnist.
Meir Shalev, 1994
3
Esau and Jacob
Esau and Jacob is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At one level it is the story of twin brothers in love with the same woman and her inability to choose between them.
Machado de Assis, Dain Borges, 2000
4
Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews
Tracing the development of modern anti-Semitism from the 1870s to the Nazi takeover, the author maintains that it was less sinister and less influential over the lives of Jews and gentiles than some historians have suggested. UP.
Albert S. Lindemann, 1997
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Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible
From Genesis 11 onward the long family histories of Terah, Isaac, and Jacob sandwich the short histories of Ishmael and Esau (36:1-37:1). As elsewhere in Genesis, the non-elect line, here Ishmael, is dealt with before the chosen line that  ...
James D. G. Dunn, John William Rogerson, 2003
6
Abraham Esau's War: A Black South African War in the Cape, ...
Evidently acting under instructions from van der Merwe, a Stephanas Strydom had Esau clapped into leg-irons, strapped between two horses and bumped and scraped along at a brisk canter before being dumped about five miles east of the  ...
Bill Nasson, 2003
7
Jacob and Esau
Retells how Jacob stole his brother's birthright by disguising himself in hairy goatskins to deceive his weak-eyed father.
Diana Craig, 1984
8
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
ESAU The most obvious thing that we might associate with Esau is that he belongs, along with his brother *Jacob, to a group of pairs of biblical siblings whom we naturally remember together — *Cain and *Abel, Rachel and Leah, * Mary and ...
Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, Tremper Longman III, 2010
9
Bible Story Crafts for Little Hands
Esau, the first born, was hairy like an animal. He became a hunter. Jacob, his brother, was a quiet man who stayed near his tent. One day Isaac's sons made a trade. Jacob gave Esau some lentil stew. In exchange Esau told Jacob he could ...
Ruth Esrig Brinn, 2000
10
The mysterious and prophetic history of Esau considered, in ...
J. H, Esau. Persians, p. 43. — The bear strictly applicable to Alexander as a devourer of flesh, but not admitted to a fundamental station in the Metallic Image, in consequence of the short duration of Alexander's conquests, p. 44. — The Grecian ...
J. H, Esau, 1837

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESAU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Esau is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Winton girl rescues wild birds, horses
Jessica Esau, feeds a blue jay she and daughter Audrey, 14, rescued at their home in Winton, Calif., Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Esau and her ... «Merced Sun-Star, Jul 15»
2
Tougher new laws to regulate fishing
Esau said although his drive to compel fishing companies to add value to fish resources within Namibia landed him in court several times, ... «New Era, Jul 15»
3
'The Peace Movement Stirs?' Edition / The Promised Podcast
... natural gas windfall to American and Israeli corporate consortia, leading many to argue that Prime Minister Netanyahu, like Esau in the Bible, ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
4
Crisis rocks APC as two factions emerge in Gombe
In his sermon, Guest Speaker, Venerable Esau Saidu from Anglican Seminary, Wusasa, Zaria, emphasised on the need for every Christian ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
5
The Very Best's Disposable Camera Tour Diary
Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya and producer Johan Hugo, better known together as The Very Best, have been on the road for the past months in support of ... «Okayafrica, Jul 15»
6
Wesley United to host Market Day Saturday
... of sourdough sweet breads, jams and jellies, fresh eggs, and fresh produce from Wesley gardens, as well as Esau's sweet corn from Dumas. «Log Cabin Democrat, Jul 15»
7
Topeka veterinarians pitch in to help injured colleague
... Mah, Richard Kitterman, Robert Shipman, Robert Trupp, Virginia Birtell, Mike Esau, Jacob Thomas, Debra Anderson and Richmond Aarstad. «Topeka Capital Journal, Jul 15»
8
Operation Entebbe: When Jewish Life Meant Something
The timeless truth: Esau hates Jacob. So does Ishmael. The Arab willingness to murder Jews has neither waxed nor waned since the 1970's. «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
9
Esau tosses gem, Sultans blank Legionaires
The Carillon Sultans rode the arm of Jared Esau Monday night in Steinbach as the Sultans posted their straight victory in an impressive 4-0 victory over the St. «The Carillon, Jul 15»
10
Jewish Sages Take Pope Francis to Court
... the prophecy of 'The liberators will rise up upon Mount Zion, to judge the Mountain of Esau and the kingdom shall be God's' (Obadiah 1:21). «Jewish Business News, Jul 15»

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