Dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael (Gen. 25:13).
It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally (Isa. 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:21), who dwelt in the north-west of Arabia. They lived in black hair-tents (Cant. 1:5). To “dwell in the tents of Kedar” was to be cut off from the worship of the true God (Ps. 120:5). The Kedarites suffered at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar (Jer. 49:28, 29).
Appears in
- Genesis 25 (MENTIONS)
- 1 Chronicles 1 (MENTIONS)
- Psalms 120 (MENTIONS)
- Song of Solomon 1 (MENTIONS)
- Isaiah 21 (MENTIONS)
- Isaiah 42 (MENTIONS)
- Isaiah 60 (MENTIONS)
- Jeremiah 2 (MENTIONS)
- Jeremiah 49 (MENTIONS)
- Ezekiel 27 (MENTIONS)