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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Kedar (Arabian living at the time of the Patriarchs)
Ishmael's son, and the father of a desert tribe known for dark tents and good archers. Poets use Kedar for far-off wilderness living, and the Song of Solomon uses it for dark beauty.
First, in plain English
Ishmael's son, and the father of a desert tribe known for dark tents and good archers. Poets use Kedar for far-off wilderness living, and the Song of Solomon uses it for dark beauty.
Who this is
Kedar was a son of Ishmael and the ancestor of a nomadic Arabian tribe known for their dark tents and skilled archers, used poetically in the Old Testament as an image of both remote wilderness life and, in Song of Solomon, of striking dark beauty.
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The word
H6938
Where it appears
- Genesis 25:13
- 1 Chronicles 1:29
- Psalm 120:5
- Song of Solomon 1:5
- Isaiah 21:16
- Isaiah 21:17
- Isaiah 42:11
- Isaiah 60:7
- Jeremiah 2:10
- Jeremiah 49:28
- Ezekiel 27:21
