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Lexicon :: Strong's H1746 - dûmâ

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דּוּמָה
Transliteration
dûmâ
Pronunciation
doo-maw'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as דּוּמָה (H1745)
Strong’s Definitions

דּוּמָה Dûwmâh, doo-maw'; the same as H1745; Dumah, a tribe and region of Arabia:—Dumah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H1746 in the following manner: Dumah (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H1746 in the following manner: Dumah (4x).

  1. Dumah = "silence"

    proper masculine noun

    1. son of Ishmael and most probably the founder of the Ishmaelite tribe of Arabia

      proper locative noun

    2. a town in the mountainous district of Judah, near Hebron

    3. a mystical name of Edom indicating death and ruin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוּמָה Dûwmâh, doo-maw'; the same as H1745; Dumah, a tribe and region of Arabia:—Dumah.
STRONGS H1746: Abbreviations
† II. דּוּמָה proper name.
1. masculine son of Ishmael Genesis 25:15 = 1 Chronicles 1:30 compare probably Dumath al-Jandal in Northern Arabia in Jôf see BurckhardtTravels in Syria 662 f. Di; also GesComm. on Isaiah 21:11, GlaserSkizze ii. 392, 440.
2. city in mountains of Judah Joshua 15:52, compare Δοῦμα in the Daroma, 17 miles from Eleutheropolis LagOnom. 250. 2nd ed. 258, = modern Daume, southwest from Hebron van de VeldeMemoir 308 GuérinJudée iii. 359 ff. compare Di.
3. name of Edom with mystic meaning Isaiah 21:11 Duma = silence of death, desolation, De Che and others (JDMich Ges Hi think 3=1; has Ἰδουμαια; Jerome interprets as part of Idumea; still another view below I.דּוּמָה).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:15

Joshua

15:52

1 Chronicles

1:30

Isaiah

21:11; 21:11