McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Pau

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Pau


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(Heb. Pau', ôָּòåּ , a bleating, or yawning; but in 1Ch_1:50, PAI, ôָּòַé , though some copies agree with the reading in Genesis; Sept. Öïãώñ , i.e. chasm; Vulg. Phau), the capital of Hadar, king of Edom (Gen_36:39). The only name that bears any resemblance to it is Phauara, a ruined place in Idumaea mentioned by Seetzen.