קֵדָרQêdâr

proper name [of a people]: swarthy? black

Pronunciation: kay-dawr' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6938

Meanings

1. tribe of nomads in Arabian desert (Isaiah 21:16; Isaiah 42:11; Isaiah 60:7)

2. ancestor of 1, son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13; 1 Chronicles 1:29)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 25:13 Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael’s descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
  • 1 Chronicles 1:29 These are their genealogical records: The sons of Ishmael were Nebaioth (the oldest), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
  • Psalms 120:5 How I suffer in far-off Meshech. It pains me to live in distant Kedar.
  • Song of Solomon 1:5 I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem— dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.
  • Isaiah 21:16 The Lord said to me, “Within a year, counting each day, all the glory of Kedar will come to an end.
  • Isaiah 21:17 Only a few of its courageous archers will survive. I, the Lord, the God of Israel, have spoken!”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).