Idoumaia

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Idoumaia is the ancient Greek name for Idumea, a historical region south of Judea inhabited by the Edomites and later incorporated into the Hasmonean and Roman realms.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Idoumaia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient geographic region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedPeople Edomites ⓘ
linked to: Edom

Idumeans ⓘ
borderedBy Judea ⓘ
Negev Desert ⓘ
linked to: Negev desert
conqueredBy John Hyrcanus ⓘ
linked to: John Hyrcanus I
ethnonymDerivedFrom Edom ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Ἰδουμαία ⓘ
HerodTheGreatOrigin Idumean descent ⓘ
historicalReligion Edomite polytheism ⓘ
incorporatedInto Hasmonean Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Hasmonean dynasty

Roman Empire ⓘ
inhabitedBy Edomites ⓘ
linked to: Edom
languageContext Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterReligion Judaism ⓘ
latinizedForm Idumaea ⓘ
linked to: Idumea
locatedSouthOf Judea ⓘ
mentionedIn Josephus writings ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
modernApproximateLocation southern Israel ⓘ
southwestern Jordan ⓘ
notableAssociatedFigure Herod the Great ⓘ
partOf Southern Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

ancient Palestine ⓘ
linked to: historic Palestine
politicalStatusUnderRome part of the Roman province of Judea ⓘ
refersTo Idumea ⓘ
regionType borderland between Judea and Nabatea ⓘ
religiousContext Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Idumea → greekName → Idoumaia ⓘ