Dedan
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the
young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to
take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey?
to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods,
to take a great spoil?...
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And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and
Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and
Dedan....
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And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and
Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and
Dedan....
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The word Dedan means "low ground". The people are called
Dedanim or Dedanites.
In the Bible, it can refer to either:
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 present
Persian Gulf.
A son of Jokshan, Abraham's son b...
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de'-dan, de'dan-its (the King James Version Dedanim, ded'-a-
nim; dedhan, "low," dedhanim): An Arabian people named in Gen
10:7 as descended from Cush; in Gen 25:3 as descended from
Keturah. Evidently, they were, like the related Sheba
(Sabaeans), of mixed race (compare Gen 10:7,28). In Isa 21:13
allusion is made to the "caravans of Dedani...
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1. Son of Raamah
Ge 10:7; 1Ch 1:9
-2. Son of Jokshan
Ge 25:3; 1Ch 1:32
-3. A country, probably bordering on Edom
Jer 49:8; Eze 25:13; 27:15,20; 38:13...
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(low country).
1. The name of a son of Raamah, son of Cush. Ge 10:7;
1Ch 1:9
2. A son of Jokshan, son of Keturah. Ge 25:3; 1Ch 1:32
(B.C. after 1988.)...
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low ground. (1.) A son of Raamah (Gen. 10:7). His descendants
are mentioned in Isa. 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
Chr. 1:32).
His descendants settled on the Syrian borders about
the
territory of Edom. The...
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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; ...
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their breasts; friendship; a judge...
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