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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 generations: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; 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: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 120:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 - Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:5 - I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:16 - For thus hath the Lord said unto me: Within a year, according to the years of a hired servant, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, shall be diminished: for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 - Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:7 - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my magnificence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote. Thus saith Jehovah: Arise, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:21 - Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were the merchants of thy hand: in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these did they trade with thee.
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