Dedan
דְּדָןStrong’s H1719dedan (de-dan)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dedan is the Hebrew word usually translated “dedan” and “dedan towards”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.”
Meaning
- Dedan = "low country"
- A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.3
How it's translated
- dedan 6
- and dedan 4
- and dedan towards 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 4
- Genesis 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Jeremiah 2
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 25:3And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
- 1 Chronicles 1:9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
- 1 Chronicles 1:32Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
- Jeremiah 25:23Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,
- Jeremiah 49:8Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
- Ezekiel 25:13Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Hebrew dictionary
דְּדָן dedan · Dedan
Dedan = "low country" a place in south Arabia Also named: de.da.nim (דְּדָנִי "Dedanite" H1720)
רֹדָן rodan · Dedan
A man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Raamah (H7484); brother of: Sheba (H7614) § Dedan = "low country" Rhodes (or Rhodians)
רֹדָן rodan · Dedan
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.3; son of: Jokshan (H3370); brother of: Sheba (H7614I); father of: Asshurim (H0805A), Letushim (H3912) and Leummim (H3817) § Dedan = "low country" Male living at the time of the first Patriarchs (Gen.25.3a; Gen.25.3b; 1Ch.1.32)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.