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Lexicon :: Strong's H6938 - qēḏār

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קֵדָר
Transliteration
qēḏār
Pronunciation
kay-dawr'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun, proper noun with reference to people
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

קֵדָר Qêdâr, kay-dawr'; from H6937; dusky (of the skin or the tent); Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives):—Kedar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H6938 in the following manner: Kedar (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H6938 in the following manner: Kedar (12x).

  1. Kedar = "dark"

    proper masculine noun

    1. a son of Ishmael

      proper noun with reference to people

    2. the descendants of Kedar

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קֵדָר Qêdâr, kay-dawr'; from H6937; dusky (of the skin or the tent); Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives):—Kedar.
STRONGS H6938: Abbreviations
† קֵדָר proper name, of a people (swarthy? black-tented?); Κηδαρ:
1. tribe of nomads in Arabian desert Isaiah 21:16; Isaiah 42:11 (with verb feminine), Isaiah 60:7, Jeremiah 2:10; Jeremiah 49:28 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 27:21; בְּנֵיקֿ׳ Isaiah 21:17; אָהֳלֵי ק׳ Psalm 120:5; Songs 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. (above), son of Ishmael, Genesis 25:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:29. — compare Assyrian Ḳidru COTGenesis 25:13, PlinNH see 11 -12 Cedrei; also Sabean tribe-name קדר Hal623 (compare DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 14).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:13; 25:13

1 Chronicles

1:29

Psalms

120:5

Song of Songs

1:5

Isaiah

21:16; 21:17; 42:11; 60:7

Jeremiah

2:10; 49:28

Ezekiel

27:21

H6938

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6938 matches the Hebrew קֵדָר (qēḏār),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their births: first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:29 - These are their generations: first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adheel, and Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 - Wo to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 - Dark am I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:16 - For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - And the remnant of the number of bow-men, The mighty of the sons of Kedar are few, For Jehovah, God of Israel, hath spoken!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 - The wilderness and its cities do lift up the voice, The villages Kedar doth inhabit, Sing do the inhabitants of Sela, From the top of mountains they cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:7 - All the flock of Kedar are gathered to thee, The rams of Nebaioth do serve thee, They ascend for acceptance Mine altar, And the house of My beauty I beautify.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - For, pass to the isles of Chittim, and see, And to Kedar send, and consider well, And see if there hath been like this:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten: 'Thus said Jehovah: Arise ye, go ye up unto Kedar, And spoil the sons of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:21 - Arabia, and all princes of Kedar, They are the traders of thy hand, For lambs, and rams, and he-goats, In these thy merchants.
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