Ἰδουμαία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Semitic origin; compare Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĕḏôm).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.duː.mǎi̯.aː/ → /i.ðuˈmɛ.a/ → /i.ðuˈme.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.duː.mǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.duˈmɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðuˈmɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðuˈme.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðuˈme.a/

Proper noun

Ἰδουμαίᾱ • (Idoumaíā) f (genitive Ἰδουμαίᾱς); first declension

1. Edom (or Idumea), a region south of the Dead Sea.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἰδουμαίᾱ; τῆς Ἰδουμαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἰδουμαίᾱ hē Idoumaíā
Genitive	τῆς Ἰδουμαίᾱς tês Idoumaíās
Dative	τῇ Ἰδουμαίᾳ têi Idoumaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἰδουμαίᾱν tḕn Idoumaíān
Vocative	Ἰδουμαίᾱ Idoumaíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Idumea
• French: Idumée
• Greek: Ιδουμαία (Idoumaía)
• Latin: Idumaea

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2401 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible