Idumaean
Idumaean (also Idumean) is a historical demonym and adjective for inhabitants of Idumaea, an ancient region in the southern Levant. Idumaea lay south of Judea along the Arabah valley, and its heartland roughly corresponds to parts of today’s southern Israel and western Jordan. The name Idumaea derives from Greek Idoumainos and Latin Idumaeus, and is ultimately linked to Edom, the Edomite presence in the area; the Idumaeans are commonly identified with the Edomites, descendants of Esau in the biblical tradition.
In antiquity, the Idumaeans were neighbors of the Israelites and Judeans. During the Hasmonean period (2nd–1st
In the late Hellenistic and early Roman eras, Idumaea produced influential political figures within Judea. Antipater
Today, the term Idumaean is primarily used in historical and philological contexts to describe ancient populations