howling; sighing
(same as Pai)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
PAU.See Pai.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
PAU or PAI (Gen_36:39; 1Ch_1:50). Capital of Hadar, king of Edom.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Pau. (bleating). (but in 1Ch_1:50, Pai). The capital of Hadar, king of Edom. Gen_36:39 Its position is unknown.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
pā?ū́. See PAI.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Pau
(Heb. Pau', פָּעוּ, a bleating, or yawning; but in 1Ch_1:50, PAI, פָּעַי, though some copies agree with the reading in Genesis; Sept. Φογώρ, 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.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.