Dumah
Bible Usage:
- Dumah used 4 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 25:14
- Last Reference: Isaiah 21:11
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1746 Used 4 times
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Dumah
Silence, (comp. Psalms 94:17), the fourth son of Ishmael; also the tribe descended from him; and hence also the region in Arabia which they inhabited (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30).
There was also a town of this name in Judah (Joshua 15:52), which has been identified with ed-Domeh, about 10 miles southwest of Hebron. The place mentioned in the "burden" of the prophet Isaiah (21:11) is Edom or Idumea.
Naves Topical Index
Dumah
1. Son of Ishmael
Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30; Isaiah 21:11-12
2. A city of Canaan assigned to Judah
Joshua 15:52
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Dumah
(silence).
- A son of Ishm'l, most probably the founder of the Ishm'lite tribe of Arabia, and thence the name of the principal place of district inhabited by that tribe. (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30; Isaiah 21:11)
- A city in the mountainous district of Judah, near Hebron, (Joshua 15:52) represented by the ruins of a village called ed-Daumeh , six miles southwest of Hebron.
Bible Usage:
- Dumah used 4 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 25:14
- Last Reference: Isaiah 21:11
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1746 Used 4 times