ESAU

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• ESAU (noun)
  The noun ESAU has 1 sense:

1. (Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage

  Familiarity information: ESAU used as a noun is very rare.

• ESAU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) the eldest son of Isaac who would have inherited the covenant that God made with Abraham and that Abraham passed on to Isaac; he traded his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

boy; son (a male human offspring)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)