Bible Encyclopedia: Dedan

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DEDAN; DEDANITES

de'-dan, de'dan-its (the King James Version Dedanim, ded'-a-nim; dedhan, "low," dedhanim): An Arabian people named in Genesis 10:7 as descended from Cush; in Genesis 25:3 as descended from Keturah. Evidently, they were, like the related Sheba (Sabaeans), of mixed race (compare Genesis 10:7, 28). In Isaiah 21:13 allusion is made to the "caravans of Dedanites" in the wilds of Arabia, and Ezekiel mentions them as supplying Tyre with precious things (Ezekiel 27:20; in verse 15, "Dedan" should probably be read as in Septuagint, "Rodan," i.e. Rhodians). The name seems still to linger in the island of Dadan, on the border of the Persian Gulf. It is found also in Min. and Sab. inscriptions (Glazer, II, 392).

James Orr

Strong's Hebrew

1719. Dedan -- a descendant of Ham, also a descendant of Abraham ...
Dedan or Dedaneh. 1718, 1719. Dedan or Dedaneh. 1720 . a descendant
of Ham, also a descendant of Abraham, also the tribes desc. ...
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1720. Dedani -- desc. or inhab. of Dedan
... desc. or inhab. of Dedan. Transliteration: Dedani Phonetic Spelling: (ded-aw-neem')
Short Definition: Dedanites. Word Origin pl. of Dedan Definition desc. ...
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3817. Leummim -- descendant of Dedan
... Leummim. 3818 . descendant of Dedan. Transliteration: Leummim Phonetic Spelling:
(leh-oom-meem') Short Definition: Leummim. ... of Dedan NASB Word Usage Leummim (1 ...
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Library

Chapter xxv
... Ishbak and Shuah. And Jokshan begat Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan
were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim. And the sons ...
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Ezekiel's Discourse
... The men of Dedan were thy traffickers: many isles were the mart of thine hand:
they brought thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony. ...
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Chapter x
... And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. These must all be Ethiopian tribes. ... "Dedan"
is sought in different parts of Arabia, northwest, southeast, southwest. ...
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The Nations of the South-East
... But the same chapter also assigns to Sheba a different origin. It couples him with
Dedan, and sees in him a descendant of Ham, a kinsman of Egypt and Canaan. ...
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[Endnotes]
... "Raamah, Naphtuhim, Amorite, Almodad, "Sabtechab,Pathrusim, Girgasite, Sheleph,
"Sheba, Caslubim, Hivite, Hazarmaveth, "Dedan, Caphtorim, Arkite, Jerah, "Nimrod ...
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From Megiddo to Carchemish, 608-605.
... of the Greek, the Hebrew list of nations who are to drink of the cup, we get Judah
and Egypt; Askalon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; Dedan, Tema, Buz ...
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The Perpetual virginity of Blessed Mary.
... If Darom be the right reading, it is, apparently, the same as Dedan (Ezekiel
25:13, etc.). [4222] Deuteronomy 15:12. [4223] Deuteronomy 17:15. ...
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An Exposition on the First Ten Chapters of Genesis, and Part of ...
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Dedan

their breasts; friendship; a judge

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Dedan

(low country).

The name of a son of Raamah, son of Cush. (Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9)
A son of Jokshan, son of Keturah. (Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:32) (B.C. after 1988.)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Dedan

1. The grandson of Cush, Genesis 10:7; and

2. The son of Jokshan, Abraham's son by Keturah, Genesis 25:3. Both were founders of tribes frequently named in Scripture. The descendants of the Cushite Dedan are supposed to have settled in southern Arabia, near the Persian gulf, in which there is an island called by the Arabs Dedan lived in the neighborhood of Idumaea, Jeremiah 49:8. It is not clear, in all cases where the name occurs, which of the tribes is intended. It was probably the Cushite tribe, which was employed in trade. The "travelling companies" of Dedan are mentioned by Isaiah 21:13. They are also named with the merchants of Tarshish by Ezekiel 38:13, and were celebrated on account of their trade with the Phoenicians.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Low ground.

(1.) A son of Raamah (Genesis 10:7). His descendants are mentioned in Isaiah 21:13, and Ezek. 27:15. They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the Persian Gulf.

(2.) A son of Jokshan, Abraham's son by Keturah (1 Chronicles 1:32). His descendants settled on the Syrian borders about the territory of Edom. They probably led a pastoral life.

Thesaurus

Dedan (10 Occurrences)
... They probably led a pastoral life. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DEDAN; DEDANITES. ...
James Orr. Multi-Version Concordance Dedan (10 Occurrences). ...
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Jokshan (3 Occurrences)
... Genesis 25:3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were
Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. ... The sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan. ...
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Leummim (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Peoples; nations, the last mentioned of the three sons
of Dedan, and head of an Arabian tribe (Genesis 25:3). Int. ...
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Teman (12 Occurrences)
... In Ezekiel 25:13 desolation is denounced upon Edom: "From Teman even unto Dedan
shall they fall by the sword." Dedan being in the South, Teman must be sought ...
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Asshurim (1 Occurrence)
... ASSHURIM. a-shoo'-rim ('ashshurim): Mentioned among the sons of Dedan, son of Jokshah,
son of Abraham by Keturah (Genesis 25:3). Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Ivory (13 Occurrences)
... 18). It was brought by the caravans of Dedan (Isaiah 21:13), and from the
East Indies by the navy of Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22). Many ...
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Sheba (36 Occurrences)
... An oath, seven. (1.) Hebrews shebha, the son of Raamah (Genesis 10:7), whose
descendants settled with those of Dedan on the Persian Gulf. (2.) Hebrews id. ...
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Vedan (1 Occurrence)
... text is in bad condition. Some read "Dedan," but Dedan is spoken of separately
in the following verse. Assuming that Vedan is the ...
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Le-um'mim (1 Occurrence)
... Le-um'mim (1 Occurrence). Genesis 25:3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan.
The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. (See RSV). ...
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Letushites (1 Occurrence)
... Letushites (1 Occurrence). Genesis 25:3 And Jokshan begot Sheba, and Dedan. And
the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. (See NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Dedan (10 Occurrences)

Genesis 10:7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 25:3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:9 The sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:32 The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 25:23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 49:8 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I shall visit him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 25:13 therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, I will stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and animal from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; even to Dedan shall they fall by the sword.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 27:15 The men of Dedan were your traffickers; many islands were the market of your hand: they brought you in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 27:20 Dedan was your trafficker in precious cloths for riding.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 38:13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions of it, shall tell you, Have you come to take the spoil? have you assembled your company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great spoil?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Dedan

Dedan: A Country, Probably Bordering on Edom

Dedan: Son of Jokshan

Dedan: Son of Raamah

Related Terms

Jokshan (3 Occurrences)

Leummim (1 Occurrence)

Teman (12 Occurrences)

Asshurim (1 Occurrence)

Ivory (13 Occurrences)

Sheba (36 Occurrences)