Dictionary
Holman Bible Dictionary -
Dedan
(dee' dan) Personal and place name of unknown meaning. 1. The original ancestor of an Arabian tribe listed in the table of nations as a son of Cush (Genesis 10:27 ). See Genesis 25:3 ). Here as in Genesis 10:27 , Dedan's brother is Sheba. Three otherwise unknown Arabian tribes descended from Dedan, according to Genesis 25:3 . 3 . The Arabian tribe centered at al-Alula, 70 miles southwest of Tema and 400 miles from Jerusalem. It was a station on the caravan road between Tema and Medina. Jeremiah pronounced judgment against the Arabian tribes (Jeremiah 25:23 ), perhaps looking to Nebuchadnezzar's raid in Arabia in 599-598 B.C. Nabonidus, king of Babylon (556-539), left control of his kingdom to his son Belshazzar and worked in Arabia for a period, controlling Dedan among other cities. Dedan was a caravan center for incense trade (Isaiah 21:13 ). Isaiah warned the traders from Dedan to avoid the regular caravan stations and spend the night in the wilderness. Neighbors from Tema would have to meet their food needs. Jeremiah warned merchants from Dedan working or staying in Edom to flee the country because God was bringing judgment on it (Jeremiah 49:8 ). Ezekiel warned Edom that their soldiers fleeing even to Dedan would be struck down (Ezekiel 25:13 ). In judging Tyre, Ezekiel noted they, too, traded with Dedan (Ezekiel 27:15 ,Ezekiel 27:15,27:20 ). Compare Ezekiel 38:13 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary -
Dedan
Low ground.
A son of Raamah (Genesis 10:7 ). His descendants are mentioned in Isaiah 21:13 , and Ezekiel 27:15 . They probably settled among the sons of Cush, on the north-west coast of the Persian Gulf.
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.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary -
Dedan
Son of Raamah, son of Cush (Genesis 10:7), brother of Sheba. A second Dedan is son of Jokshan, son of Keturah (Genesis 25:3), and is brother of a second Sheba. The recurrence of the same names points to an intermarriage between the Cushite (Ethiopian, rather Hamitic) Dedan and the Semitic Dedan, which is referred to as Edomite (Jeremiah 49:8; Jeremiah 25:23; Ezekiel 25:13; Isaiah 21:13, "ye traveling companies (merchant caravans) of Dedanim".)
The Cushite Dedan near the head of the Persian gulf and Chaldaea, the avenue of commerce to India, is referred to in Ezekiel 27:15, as the names in the context prove; but Ezekiel 27:20 Dedan is connected with N.W. Arabia, and associated with Assyria (Ezekiel 27:23), i.e. the Semitic or Edomite Dedan, yet also connected with the Cushite "Sheba and Raamah" (Ezekiel 27:22) on the Persian gulf. The Semitic Sabeans, descended from Sheba tenth son of Joktan, dwelt in S.W. Arabia, from the Red Sea to the straits of Bab el Mandeb. Ezekiel thus recounts the two channels of merchandise, Raamah on the Persian gulf, and Sheba on the Red Sea in Arabia. The name Dedan still remains in Dadan, an island on the border of the Persian gulf. (See RAAMAH)
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible -
Dedan
DEDAN . A north Arabian people, according to Genesis 10:7 descended from Cush, and according to Genesis 25:3 from Abraham through Keturah. The combination is not difficult to understand when we remember the Arabian affiliations of the Cushites (cf. Isaiah 21:13 ). In Ezekiel 25:13 Dedan is placed almost within the Edomite territory, which it must have bordered on the southeast (cf. Jeremiah 25:23 ; Jeremiah 49:8 ). The Dedanites were among the Arabian peoples who sent their native wares to the markets of Tyre ( Ezekiel 27:20 ). In Ezekiel 27:15 read ‘Rodan’ (Rhodians) for ‘Dedan.’
J. F. McCurdy.
Hitchcock's Bible Names -
Dedan
Their breasts; friendship; a judge
Morrish Bible Dictionary -
Dedan
1. Son of Raamah, son of Cush. His descendants are supposed to have located themselves on the Persian Gulf. Genesis 10:7 ; 1 Chronicles 1:9 .
2. Descendant of Abraham and Keturah, probably inhabiting the borders of Idumaea. Genesis 25:3 ; 1 Chronicles 1:32 .
3. District mentioned in Jeremiah 25:23 ; Jeremiah 49:8 ; Ezekiel 25:13 . It is more than once in these prophecies associated with Edom, so that it was probably connected with the descendants of Abraham.
4. In Ezekiel 27:15,20 ; Ezekiel 38:13 apparently another place of the same name is referred to, which probably alludes to the district where the descendants of Cush settled.
People's Dictionary of the Bible -
Dedan
Dedan (dç'dan). 1. A grandson of Cush, Genesis 10:7, and the name of a people, with a region of like name. 1 Chronicles 1:9. Dedan is thought to be the same as Daden, an island of the Persian Gulf; the inhabitants were noted merchants. Ezekiel 27:15; Ezekiel 38:13. 2. A people of northern Arabia, descended from Dedan, a descendant of Abraham and Keturah. Genesis 25:8; 1 Chronicles 1:32; Jeremiah 49:8; Jeremiah 49:25; Jeremiah 49:23; Ezekiel 25:13. The descendants of this Dedan lived near Idumæa. Jeremiah 49:8. It is not certain, but probable that the Cushite tribe engaged more extensively in trade. The "travelling companies" of Dedanim, A. V. plural of Dedan, R. V. "Dedanites," are noticed in Isaiah 21:13. They are also named with the merchants of Tarshish by Ezekiel 38:13, and were celebrated from their trade with the Phœnicians.
American Tract Society 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.
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Ded'Anim, - descendants of
Dedan I. (Isaiah 21:13 ) [
Dedan ]
Dedanim - (dehd' uh nihm) or
DedanITE (dehd' uhn ite) A resident or citizen of the tribe of
Dedan. See
Dedan
Dedan - A second
Dedan is son of Jokshan, son of Keturah (Genesis 25:3), and is brother of a second Sheba. The recurrence of the same names points to an intermarriage between the Cushite (Ethiopian, rather Hamitic)
Dedan and the Semitic
Dedan, which is referred to as Edomite (Jeremiah 49:8; Jeremiah 25:23; Ezekiel 25:13; Isaiah 21:13, "ye traveling companies (merchant caravans) of
Dedanim". )...
The Cushite
Dedan near the head of the Persian gulf and Chaldaea, the avenue of commerce to India, is referred to in Ezekiel 27:15, as the names in the context prove; but Ezekiel 27:20
Dedan is connected with N. the Semitic or Edomite
Dedan, yet also connected with the Cushite "Sheba and Raamah" (Ezekiel 27:22) on the Persian gulf. The name
Dedan still remains in Dadan, an island on the border of the Persian gulf
Jokshan - Son of Abraham and Keturah (Genesis 25:2-3; 1 Chronicles 1:32); father of Sheba and
Dedan. (See
Dedan
Dedan -
Dedan (dç'dan).
Dedan is thought to be the same as Daden, an island of the Persian Gulf; the inhabitants were noted merchants. A people of northern Arabia, descended from
Dedan, a descendant of Abraham and Keturah. The descendants of this
Dedan lived near Idumæa. The "travelling companies" of
Dedanim, A. plural of
Dedan, R. "
Dedanites," are noticed in Isaiah 21:13
Dedan - Here as in Genesis 10:27 ,
Dedan's brother is Sheba. Three otherwise unknown Arabian tribes descended from
Dedan, according to Genesis 25:3 . Nabonidus, king of Babylon (556-539), left control of his kingdom to his son Belshazzar and worked in Arabia for a period, controlling
Dedan among other cities.
Dedan was a caravan center for incense trade (Isaiah 21:13 ). Isaiah warned the traders from
Dedan to avoid the regular caravan stations and spend the night in the wilderness. Jeremiah warned merchants from
Dedan working or staying in Edom to flee the country because God was bringing judgment on it (Jeremiah 49:8 ). Ezekiel warned Edom that their soldiers fleeing even to
Dedan would be struck down (Ezekiel 25:13 ). In judging Tyre, Ezekiel noted they, too, traded with
Dedan (Ezekiel 27:15 ,Ezekiel 27:15,27:20 )
Dedan -
Dedan . In Ezekiel 25:13
Dedan is placed almost within the Edomite territory, which it must have bordered on the southeast (cf. The
Dedanites were among the Arabian peoples who sent their native wares to the markets of Tyre ( Ezekiel 27:20 ). In Ezekiel 27:15 read ‘Rodan’ (Rhodians) for ‘
Dedan
Letushim - Son of
Dedan, a son of Jokshan
Leummim - Son of
Dedan, a son of Jokshan
Letu'Shim - (hammered ), the name of the second of the sons of
Dedan son of Jokshan
Dedanim - They were probably the descendants of
Dedan the Cushite
Dedan - 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 . The "travelling companies" of
Dedan are mentioned by Isaiah 21:13
Leummim - Peoples; nations, the last mentioned of the three sons of
Dedan, and head of an Arabian tribe (Genesis 25:3 )
Jok'Shan - (fowler ), a son of Abraham and Keturah, ( Genesis 25:2,3 ; 1 Chronicles 1:32 ) whose sons were Sheba and
Dedan
Leum'Mim - (peoples ), the name of the third of the descendants of
Dedan son of Jokshan, ( Genesis 25:3 ) being in the plural form, like his brethren, Asshurim and Letushim
Ashu'Rim - (steps ), a tribe descended from
Dedan, the grandson of Abraham
Jokshan - Son of Abraham and Keturah, and father of Sheba (Saba) and
Dedan ( Genesis 25:2 , 1 Chronicles 1:32 )
ra'Amah - (horse's mane ), a son of Cush and father of the Cushite Sheba and
Dedan
Dedanim - The descendants of
Dedan, the son of Raamah
Asshurim - The Asshurim, Letushim, Leummim ( Genesis 25:3 ) were Arabian tribes, supposed to be descended from Abraham and Keturah through
Dedan
Tema - It is associated with
Dedan, Isaiah 21:14 ; Jeremiah 25:23 , and was famous for its caravans, Job 6:19
Dodanim - the true reading of Ezekiel 27:15 under
Dedan
Raamah - Sheba and
Dedan are Raamah's sons (Ezekiel 27:22)
Raamah - He was father of Sheba and
Dedan, whose descendants are supposed to have settled along the shores of the Persian Gulf
Raama(h) - (ray' uh maw) Son of Cush (Genesis 10:7 ) and ancestor of Sheba and
Dedan Arab tribes occupying southwest and west-central Arabia (1 Chronicles 1:9 )
Ebony, - (Ezekiel 27:15 ) one of the valuable commodities imported into Tyre by the men of
Dedan; a hard, heavy and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss
Letushim - One of the
Dedanite tribes in N. ] adds two other tribes; but in the parallel passage, 1 Chronicles 1:32 , the sons of
Dedan are omitted altogether both in MT [Note: Massoretic Text
Raamah - RAAMAH is called ( Genesis 10:7 = 1 Chronicles 1:9 [ Raama ]) a son of Cush, and father of Sheba and
Dedan ( Genesis 10:28 )
Teman, Temani, Temanites - It is four times connected with Edom, and twice with
Dedan: this associates it with the south
Keturah - ] and the Chronicler in the passages referred to; said to be the ancestress of sixteen tribes, several of which are distinctly Arabian Midian, Sheba,
Dedan
Arabia Petraea - In this country was Kadesh-barnea, Gerar, Beersheba, Paran, Arad, Hasmona, Oboth,
Dedan, etc
Teman - To others the linkage with
Dedan (Jeremiah 49:7 ; Ezekiel 25:13 ) suggests Tema on the Arabian peninsula
Teman - Ezekiel 25:13 implies that Edom stretches from Teman to
Dedan, from which we infer that the former lay in the north-east of the territory claimed by Edom, that is, to the S
te'Man - Teman is mentioned in five places by the prophets, in four of which it is connected with Edom and in two with
Dedan
Geshem - An inscription found in
Dedan also appears to describe extensive territories Geshem controlled
Ivory - (1 Kings 10:18 ; 2 Chronicles 9:17 ) The ivory thus employed was supplied by the caravans of
Dedan, (Isaiah 21:13 ; Ezekiel 27:15 ) or was brought, with apes and peacocks, by the navy of Tarshish
Teman - ) ever, to
Dedan (in the N
Ivory - 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 )
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SHEBA
Dedan
Sheba - shebha, the son of Raamah (Genesis 10:7 ), whose descendants settled with those of
Dedan on the Persian Gulf
Tarshish (1) - If Sheba and
Dedan stand for the commerce of the East, Tarshish may stand for that of the West ( Ezekiel 38:13 )
Japheth - , the Ethiopians; 'Mizraim,' the people of Egypt; 'Sheba and
Dedan,' or certain of the Southern Arabs; and 'Nimrod,' or the ancient people of Babylon, four races between which the latest linguistic researches have established a close affinity" (Rawlinson's Hist
Cush (2) - Oldest son of Ham; his descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabtechah; Raamah's sons, Sheba and
Dedan; Nimrod, mentioned after the rest as Cush's son, was probably a more remote descendant: Cush ethnologically includes not only Ethiopia (meaning the sunburnt, Nubia and N
Generation - Also it rightly classifies under the "sons of Ham" Cash (Ethiopians), Mizraim (Egyptians), Sheba and
Dedan (certain southern Arabs), and Nimrod (i
Gog - ...
Sheba,
Dedan, Tarshish, mercantile peoples, though not openly joining his invasion of Israel, yet from selfish love of gain, sympathize with it secretly (Ezekiel 38:13; Ezekiel 39:6, "the isles"); they shall therefore share antichrist's doom, the robber shall be robbed in righteous retribution, the spoiler spoiled, and the slayer slain
Sheba (2) - The Cushite Sheba and his brother
Dedan settled along the Persian gulf, but afterward were combined with the Joktanite Sabean kingdom
Arabia, Arabs - ’ So in Isaiah 21:13 (which may really belong to Isaiah himself, but should perhaps be ascribed to a later hand): ‘Bivouac in the copse [made up of thorn-bushes, something like an Italian macchia ], in the waste, ye caravans of
Dedan. In these passages ‘Arâb can hardly be taken as the name of a single clan quite distinct from
Dedan and the rest
Arabia - Among the better known tribal groups were Joktam and Sheba in the south (Genesis 10:25-29; 1 Kings 10:1-13; Psalms 72:10; Psalms 72:15; Isaiah 60:6) and
Dedan and Kedar in the north (Isaiah 21:13-17; Isaiah 42:11; Jeremiah 25:23-24; Jeremiah 49:28; Ezekiel 25:13; Ezekiel 27:21)
Job - Ezekiel, Amos, and Obadiah, Jeremiah 49:7 ; Jeremiah 49:20 ; Ezekiel 25:13 ; Amos 1:11-12 ; Obadiah 1:8-9 , formed a principal part of Idumea; Bildad, of Shuah, who is always mentioned in conjunction with Sheba and
Dedan, the first of whom was probably named after one of the brothers of Joktan or Kahtan, and the two last from two of his sons, all of them being uniformly placed in the vicinity of Idumea, Genesis 25:2-3 ; Jeremiah 49:8 ; Zophar of Naama, a city importing pleasantness, which is also stated by Joshua, Joshua 15:21 ; Joshua 15:41 , to have been situate in Idumea, and to have lain in a southern direction toward its coast, on the shores of the Red Sea; and Elihu, of Buz, which, as the name of a place, occurs only once in Sacred Writ, Jeremiah 25:23 , but is there mentioned in conjunction with Temen and
Dedan; and hence necessarily, like them, a border city upon Uz or Idumea
Commerce - The Phenicians sometimes received the goods of India by way of the Persian Gulf, where they had colonies in the islands of
Dedan, Arad, and Tyre
Division of the Earth - Of Cush's sons, Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Sabtacha, and Raamah; and the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and
Dedan, seem to have settled in Idumea and Arabia, from the similar names of places there; and of his descendants, Nimrod, the mighty hunter, first founded the kingdom of Babylon, and afterward of Assyria, invading the settlements of the Shemites, contrary to the divine decree