Places in the Bible Today:
Mount Esau
Data
| Translated Names | Esau, Esau’s mountain, Esau’s mountains, hill country of Esau, mountain of Esau, mountains of Edom, mountains of Esau, Mount Esau |
|---|---|
| Type | mountain range |
| Notes | also a symbolic name for Edom, per Lexham Bible Dictionary (2016) (Esau, Mount) |
| Geo Data |
KML (for Google Earth) GeoJSON (for GIS applications) |
1 Identification
- another name for Mount Seir 1 (ancient): very high confidence. It may be:
Verses (4)
Linked Data Identifiers
| Source | Identifier |
|---|---|
| Logos Factbook | Mount Esau |
| OpenBible.info (2007) | Mount Esau |
| OpenBible.info | a8e843f (Mount Esau) |
| TIPNR | Esau_Mount@Oba.1.8 |
Thumbnail Image Credits
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, Godot13
About
This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place.
While I consulted sources for this place, there were no major disputes about its modern location.
The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.