King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6938
Transliteration: 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
Word 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).