Strong's Lexicon

H6938

H6938 — קֵדָר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewQedarnameOccurrences: 12

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6938
Word:	קֵדָר
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H6937
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	12
Transliteration:	Qedar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kay-dawr'
Meaning:	1. dusky (of the skin or the tent) 2. Kedar, a son of Ishmael 3. (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives)
KJV Renderings:	Kedar.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7319

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}).