H6938

קֵדָר

qe.darN:N-M-P

Kedar

A man of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.13; son of: Ishmael (H3458); brother of: Nebaioth (H5032), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258) § Kedar = "dark" 1) a son of Ishmael n pr people 2) the descendants of Kedar

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

קֵדָר proper name, of a people (swarthy? black-tented?); Κηδαρ:

1. tribe of nomads in Arabian desert Isa 21:16; Isa 42:11 (with verb feminine), Isa 60:7, Jer 2:10; Jer 49:28 (twice in verse); Ezek 27:21 ׳בְּנֵיקֿ Isa 21:17 ׳אָהֳלֵי ק Ps 120:5; Song 1:5 (made of black goat-skins Jacob^{Beduinenleben (2), 41} or black woven stuff Doughty^{Arab. Des. i. 224 f.}; simile of swarthy hue).

2. ancestor of 1, son of Ishmael, Gen 25:13 = 1Chr 1:29. — compare Assyrian †idru COT^{Gen 25:13}, Plin^{NH see 11 (12)} Cedrei; also Sabean tribe-name קדר Hal⁶²³ (compare DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 14}).

9 occurrences

Genesis (1), I Chronicles (1), Song of Solomon (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1)