Lexical Summary Qedar: perhaps "swarthy", a son of Ishmael, also his desc Original Word: קֵדָרTransliteration: Qedar Phonetic Spelling: (kay-dawr') Part of Speech: proper name, of a people Short Definition: perhaps "swarthy", a son of Ishmael, also his desc Meaning: Kedar -- perhaps "swarthy", a son of Ishmael, also his desc Strong's Concordance Kedar From qadar; dusky (of the skin or the tent); Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives) -- Kedar. see HEBREW qadar Brown-Driver-Briggs H6938. Qedar קֵדָר proper name, of a people (swarthy? black-tented?); Κηδαρ: 1 tribe of nomads in Arabian desert Isaiah 21:16; 42:11 (with verb feminine), 60:7, Jeremiah 2:10; 49:28 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 27:21; ׳בְּנֵיקֿ Isaiah 21:17; ק ׳אָהֳלֵי Psalm 120:5; Song of Solomon 1:5 (made of black goat-skins JacobBeduinenleben (2), 41 or black woven stuff DoughtyArab. Des. i. 224 f.; simile of swarthy hue). 2 ancestor of 1, son of Ishmael, Genesis 25:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:29. — compare Assyrian †idru COTGenesis 25:13, PlinNH see 11 -12 Cedrei; also Sabean tribe-name קדר Hal623 (compare DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 14). |
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