# G2401 Ἰδουμαία

Ἰδουμαία (Idoumaía), Strong’s G2401: Idumæa (i.e. Edom), a region East (and South) of Palestine KJV: Idumæa. Occurs 58 times.

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*Idoumaía* — Idumæa (i.e. Edom), a region East (and South) of Palestine

KJV: Idumæa

Derived from [אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm](https://besorah.bible/word/H123) (Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob)

Occurs 58 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Mark 3:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/3?v=8) — from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what…
- [1 Maccabees 4:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/4?v=15) — But all those in the rear fell by the sword. They pursued them to Gazara, and to the plains of Idumaea, Azotus, and…
- [1 Maccabees 4:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/4?v=29) — They came into Idumaea and encamped at Bethsura. Judas met them with ten thousand men.
- [1 Maccabees 4:61](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/4?v=61) — Judas stationed a garrison to guard it. They fortified Bethsura to keep it, that the people might have a stronghold…
- [1 Maccabees 5:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/5?v=3) — Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumaea at Akrabattine, because they besieged Israel. He struck them with…
- [1 Maccabees 6:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/6?v=31) — They went through Idumaea, and encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and made engines of war. The…
- [2 Maccabees 12:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/12?v=32) — But after the feast called Pentecost, they marched in haste against Gorgias the governor of Idumaea.